The Banco de Portugal's Daily Economic Activity Indicator (DEI) registered a 5.1% year-on-year drop on 3 June 2026, the day of the general strike called by CGTP and UGT — contradicting the Governo's claim that participation had been 'residual'.
The Ministério da Saúde (Ministry of Health) signed on Wednesday 10 June a despacho (executive order) authorising the National Health Service's Unidades Locais de Saúde (Local Health Units, ULS) to pay tarefeiros — independent doctors contracted on...
Lusa's board, led by Joaquim Carreira, terminated the 2009 Acordo de Empresa on 28 May and tabled a €70/month yearly raise (or 3.2%) over four years — conditional on signing the new agreement. The €5M capital increase splits €3M technology, €2M human resources.
End-of-day read on the 3 June 2026 CGTP general strike: Lisbon Metro at 100% participation, Carris workshops at 98%, Transtejo at 85% — and central surgical blocks shuttered at São João, Santa Maria, IPO Porto, Braga and Viana do Castelo.
Pre-hospital emergency technicians have called a 21 May 10h vigil at the Ministry of Health in Lisbon against the INEM Lei Orgânica approved by the Council of Ministers on 8 May. Four ex-presidents and the Workers' Committee back the critique — VMER, AEM and SIV transfers under fire.
Sindicato dos Jornalistas, SITESE and SITE CSRA called a 24-hour strike for 20 May timed to the parliamentary debate on Lusa's statute revision, with a concentration planned at São Bento.
STTS calls a 24-hour stoppage of every health-sector worker — public, private and social — for Monday 4 May and Tuesday 5 May, with a 10:00 demonstration at Hospital Santa Maria on day two. SEP nurses follow 12 May; lands two days before Concertação Social closes on the pacote laboral.
