Government turns blind-eye to business owners staging hunger strike by steps of Portuguese parliament
As high profile as it is, members of Portugal’s Socialist government have managed to blank the hunger strike being staged by nine desperate business owners camped out by the steps
National strike for Portugal’s teachers scheduled for December 11
A national strike of Portugal’s teachers has been scheduled for Friday December 11 – the idea being to prompt dialogue with the government. Says teachers union Fenprof there are serious
Tragic hunger strike of those with shattered livelihoods enters 3rd day outside Portuguese parliament
The tragic hunger strike mounted outside parliament three days ago by restaurateurs and others with livelihoods ‘on hold’ due to coronavirus restrictions is taking its toll on participants who highlight
Doctors threaten to go on strike in June
Medical syndicates have threatened to go on strike during the last week of June. Doctors blame their decision on the government’s ‘lack of response’ to demands over pay and conditions
Schools-out all over country as ‘non-teaching staff’ down tools
Janitors and other ‘non-teaching’ staff have joined the call for a national strike today, seeing scores of schools up and down the country turning pupils away. The strike is expected
Battling nurses announce new strike for April
Following months of strike action and legal battles, nurses are ‘at it again’, announcing the third round of industrial action since November. Union SINDEPOR is calling on its members to
Hunger strike disbanded as government agrees to resume talks with nurses
The lonely and very uncomfortable hunger strike mounted on Wednesday by syndicate leader Carlos Ramalho is to be disbanded thanks to the government’s decision to resume talks with battling nurses.
Nurses plan strike
Nurses’ union, Sindicato dos Enfermeiros Portugueses (SEP), has reacted angrily to a government plan to introduce a new professional grade, the health care technical assistant. They are now planning to
Paediatricians strike at Faro Hospital
Despite assurances last month from Faro Hospital that the dispute about overtime pay had been resolved, nine of the hospital’s 23 paediatricians went ahead with the strike onOctober 1, as
Unions claim holidays
Angry union leaders are insisting that Portuguese workers should be entitled to 25 days holiday this year. Their assertion comes in the face of different interpretations of the government’s new