Surgeries delayed due to latest nurses strike
It’s another ‘week to forget’ for SNS health service patients as today and Wednesday sees a second stoppage by nurses following the industrial action of last week. “Services most affected”,
Embassy staff deliver ‘pre-advice’ for strike action from December 5
Joining the increasing ranks of public sector workers on a collision course with Portugal’s government is the syndicate of embassy workers which last night delivered a ‘pre-advice’ for six weeks
Public sector strike closes schools across Portugal
Hospitals, public transportation and waste management also affected Several schools across Portugal have closed or have been seriously affected by a public sector strike which is also affecting other public
Autoeuropa workers join multiplicity of sectors announcing strike action
The workers of Palmela’s car plant AutoEuropa have today announced their too will be striking later this month. The days November 17 and 18 have been set aside to air
TAP staff vote to strike in spite of warnings this could spell “disaster”
All the positive soundbites on TAP earlier this week were very possibly focused on changing the minds of disgruntled staff which last night voted nonetheless for strike action in December.
Nurses ready for three-day strike
Meeting scheduled with government for next week With CTT Post Office workers and the nation’s teachers on strike today, the November labour panorama is bubbling with strife. The second day
Schools out tomorrow: teachers hold new strike
Schools up and down the country will be closed again tomorrow (today they were closed for the All Saints Day Bank Holiday) as teachers and educators hold a national strike,
CTT Post Office workers strike twice this week
With parts of the country already receiving postal deliveries so late they risk being cut off from public utilities, CTT post office workers have upped the ante by going on
“Fundamental” agreement between government and public sector unions doesn’t stop national strike
Another indication of how ‘fundamental agreements’ forged by the PS Socialist government can fall short is the fact that in spite of the ‘fundamental agreement’ with public sector unions, a
Teachers unions announce national strike for November 2
Strike to coincide with speech in parliament of education minister Portugal’s teachers’ unions have announced a national strike for 2 November, in protest to the government’s perceived lack of investment