Young workers protest against cost of living, low wages
“Young people are leaving their parents’ house later and later due to low wages and precariousness” Around 1,000 young workers took part in a demonstration organised by Interjovem in Lisbon
Climate activists plan wave of school protests in April
Schools to be occupied in Lisbon, Coimbra, Faro and Setúbal A new wave of occupations of schools and universities calling for an end to fossil fuels is scheduled for April
Thousands march through streets of Lisbon demonstrating against cost of living crisis
Demand higher salaries/pensions; extra support measures for cash-strapped citizens Thousands responded today to the CGTP trade union call for a mass demo in Lisbon to protest about the cost of
Farmers stage ‘largest protest ever’
Farmers protesting against government policies, many of them at the wheel of tractors, snaked through several streets of Beja yesterday to demand changes in the sector and the resignation of
Protesting teachers camp in front of Armação de Pêra school
Teachers are sleeping in tents Dozens of teachers are camping in front of the E.B. 2 and 3 School in Armação de Pêra as part of a “vigil to defend
Thousands of angry teachers show government “it ain’t over yet”
Thousands of determined angry teachers marched again, in Lisbon and Porto yesterday, showing the government their fight for ‘respect’, better conditions and increased salaries is a long way from over.
Holiday rentals: protest in Lisbon against ‘AL’ changes
“Everyone from carpenters and plumbers to laundry businesses depend on the sector” Hundreds of people gathered outside the BTL tourism fair in Lisbon on Wednesday in protest against the government’s
Students march for climate; threaten further protests
Following on from yesterday’s paint dousing of EDP’s Lisbon headquarters, students in Lisbon have been ‘marching for the climate’ today; threatening new ‘school/ university occupations’ in April. Bearing in mind
Thousands demonstrate in Lisbon over rising cost of living
Citing “the few who accumulate many millions” while the poor left to get poorer Thousands of people took to the streets for another Saturday in Lisbon. Demonstrations involved one led
Vida Justa “not delighted” that S.T.O.P has muscled in on day of protest
Vida Justa, the citizens movement that has formed as a result of the cost of living crisis, is not delighted by the fact that radical teachers’ syndicate S.T.O.P has called