More than a hundred IPSS workers marched in Porto on 7 November, backed by a national strike, for higher pay, careers and a 35-hour week. The sector's 2026 pay table starts at the 920 euro minimum wage and ten of its 18 grades pay under 990 euros.
Banco Montepio and four bank unions agreed a 3 percent rise in salaries, bank pensions and other cash clauses for 2026, backdated to January according to ECO. The strike and protest planned at Montepio are cancelled; Millennium bcp still has no announced deal.
The STSS union calls a two-day national strike of diagnostic and therapy technicians in the SNS for 19 and 20 November. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and 24-hour services are covered; booked tests and physiotherapy may be postponed.
The STTS union's 24-hour public sector strike runs all of Monday 2 November. It is not the Frente Comum's 20 November walkout. What the union wants, which services must keep running, and how to check your child's school.
Four bank staff unions agreed a 3 percent rise in pay and pensions with the banks and Crédito Agrícola, backdated to January and paid with November salaries. The 30 November strike is off, except at Millennium bcp and Banco Montepio.
The SFRCI has withdrawn its 24-hour strike at CP on 30 October after a meeting with the ministry, so trains should run normally. The union warns it can strike again if promises are not kept. What passengers who changed their plans should do.
The SNCGP says most prisoners would spend 22 hours a day in their cells, with no food parcels and one visit a week, as guards press the government over overtime pay and stalled promotions.
