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Nurses Walk Out on the International Day of the Nurse — SEP Calls a National Strike Across Public, Private and Social Sectors for Tuesday 12 May 2026 as the Ordem dos Enfermeiros Reads a 14,000-Position Shortfall and a 40% New-Graduate Emigration Rate

Nurses Walk Out on the International Day of the Nurse — SEP Calls a National Strike Across Public, Private and Social Sectors for Tuesday 12 May 2026 as the Ordem dos Enfermeiros Reads a 14,000-Position Shortfall and a 40% New-Graduate Emigration Rate

Nurses across Portugal walk into a one-day national strike on Tuesday 12 May 2026 — the International Day of the Nurse — at the call of the Sindicato dos Enfermeiros Portugueses (SEP). The strike covers the public Serviço Nacional de Saúde, the...
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Going Into Summer 2026 With No Labour Deal — Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament Unsigned, the CGTP Locks 3 June for the General Strike, and Private-Sector Wages Print +6% as the Insolvency Tape Climbs 7.8%

Going Into Summer 2026 With No Labour Deal — Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament Unsigned, the CGTP Locks 3 June for the General Strike, and Private-Sector Wages Print +6% as the Insolvency Tape Climbs 7.8%

Trabalho XXI walks into Parliament without a Concertação Social signature, the CGTP has locked 3 June for the general strike, private-sector wages are running +6% YoY and the insolvency tape is up 7.8%. The labour-policy summer in Portugal will be busier than the political calendar suggests.
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Portugal's 2026 Teacher Recruitment Concurso Lands 32,514 External Applications for Just 8,465 Permanent Slots — A 24% Vacancy Cut as Fenprof Warns the Quadro Gap Will 'Continue to Worsen'

Portugal's 2026 Teacher Recruitment Concurso Lands 32,514 External Applications for Just 8,465 Permanent Slots — A 24% Vacancy Cut as Fenprof Warns the Quadro Gap Will 'Continue to Worsen'

The Ministério da Educação's 2026 quadro recruitment round closed with 32,514 admitted external applications for 8,465 permanent slots — 24% fewer vacancies than 2025. Pre-school and 1st-cycle dominate the demand stack while Fenprof says the offer falls short of actual school needs.
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284,000 Portuguese Workers Have Now Exhausted the Annual Self-Declaration Cap as the SNS 24 Autobaixa Turns Three — Q1 2026 Pace Climbs to 1,790 a Day and 5,921 Filed on January 2 Alone

284,000 Portuguese Workers Have Now Exhausted the Annual Self-Declaration Cap as the SNS 24 Autobaixa Turns Three — Q1 2026 Pace Climbs to 1,790 a Day and 5,921 Filed on January 2 Alone

By end-March 2026, 284,000 Portuguese workers had exhausted their annual two-a-year SNS 24 self-declaration cap, per SPMS data via ECO. Q1 2026 ran at 1,790 declarations a day; 2 January alone hit 5,921. Cumulative since the May 2023 launch: 1.5 million visits diverted from primary care.
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