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CFP Warns Portuguese Salaries Now Outpace Output — Wage Bill to Hit 48.5 Per Cent of GDP, Highest Share Since at Least 1995

CFP Warns Portuguese Salaries Now Outpace Output — Wage Bill to Hit 48.5 Per Cent of GDP, Highest Share Since at Least 1995

Portugal's independent fiscal watchdog has issued an unusual warning about the country's labour market — and it is not about unemployment. The Conselho das Finanças Públicas (CFP) projects that compensation of employees will reach 48.5 per cent of...

CGTP Calls National Strike for April 17 — Construction Unions Join Mass Walkout Against Government Labour Package

A Full-Day Walkout Portugal's largest trade union confederation, the CGTP-IN, has called a national strike and mass demonstration for April 17 — a full-day walkout running from midnight to midnight — in what is shaping up to be the most significant...

UGT Unanimously Rejects Government Labour Reform — PS Also Refuses to Back Trabalho XXI in Parliament

Portugal's UGT , the country's second-largest and traditionally more moderate trade union confederation, voted unanimously on Wednesday to reject the government's sweeping Trabalho XXI labour reform package — dealing a significant blow to Prime...

CGTP Calls National Strike and March on Parliament for April 17 — Construction, Local Government Workers Walk Out

CGTP Calls National Strike and March on Parliament for April 17 — Construction, Local Government Workers Walk Out

Portugal's largest trade union confederation, the CGTP-IN, has called a national demonstration and coordinated strike action for April 17 , with workers from construction, ceramics, local government, and the public sector expected to walk out in...