The Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses delivered the formal pré-aviso for its 12.ª greve geral to the Ministério do Trabalho on Monday 11 May 2026, with Wednesday 3 June 2026 set as the date of the strike. The notice, signed by...
The Conselho de Ministros approved on Thursday 14 May 2026 — at the 09:30 weekly meeting at the official residence in Lisbon — the proposta de lei that converts the government's nine-month Trabalho XXI exercise into the bill that now goes to...
The labour-reform bill walks into the Assembleia this week with the banco de horas grupal repealed, fixed-term grounds widened, the SME reintegration bar lifted, post-dismissal outsourcing halved to six months, and the caducidade path widened. CGTP general strike locked for 3 June.
Nine months of negotiations on Portugal's Trabalho XXI labour package ended on Wednesday evening without a tripartite signature. Minister Rosário Palma Ramalho will now hand the anteprojeto to Parliament, with the CGTP's 3 June general strike already on the calendar.
After nine months of negotiation, CIP president Armindo Monteiro pre-published cedências on four of the disputed points. Today's plenary is the last formal stop before the reform reaches Parliament — with or without a tripartite signature.
UGT's Secretariado Nacional voted unanimously on 23 April to reject the Government's final labour reform draft. Minister Palma Ramalho gave UGT 15 days. The 7 May CPCS meeting is now the deadline before the package goes to Parliament without a concertation agreement.
Labour Minister Rosário Palma Ramalho says only 'two or three themes' separate the social partners after nine months of talks. UGT votes Thursday 24 April; if it rejects, the government legislates unilaterally from the July 2025 draft.
