PS, BE, PCP and PAN advocate for higher wages and better conditions for workers

PS, BE, PCP and PAN were present this Wednesday at the traditional May 1st parade in Lisbon and defended higher wages and better working conditions.

BE coordinator Mariana Mortagua believes that workers face problems such as “low wages, long working hours, high instability, many fixed-term contracts.”

“We want less working hours, better wages and more stable living conditions, because in the end that’s all we want, to have a better life and a better future,” he argued, believing that “the country is becoming stronger , is growing , It is more equal if it can pay higher wages, provide better working conditions, provide more job stability, but also work fewer hours.”

The BE leader highlighted some of her party’s proposals, namely increasing the minimum wage to €900 and introducing a four-day working week and pay bands.

Mariana Mortagua accused the government of sending “the opposite signals” and said that “there is neither a serious commitment to raising the minimum wage nor any proposal to raise the average wage.”

On this occasion, the BE coordinator was also asked about the dismissal of the provider Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa and he stated that the “exchange of chairs” does not solve the “problems of the country,” accusing the leader of “confusion after confusion.” and has still not done anything concrete since taking office.

The General Secretary of the PCP, who was also present at the march between Martim Moniz and Alameda D. Afonso Henriques, believed that this was a “great show of force” in which workers demand “just demands for a better life, more wages, more rights, against instability, for decent working hours” and for greater fairness “in the distribution of wealth.”

The communist leader warned that the government’s “hands are not free” and said those “who work every day make the country work, make the economy work and deserve respect, gratitude and life.” better and bigger salary.”

“It would be good if the government once and for all fulfilled the promises made to the various professional sectors” and “stopped being subservient to the interests of others, namely Brussels, and to being subservient to the interests of the majority,” Paulo said. Raimundo.

The head of the PS list in the European elections, Marta Temido, noted that May 1 is “a party, a celebration of work and the importance of work as a fundamental value in the structuring of society.”

The MP stressed “the importance of working on the European agenda” and noted that candidates for the European Parliament have “a great responsibility towards a set of obligations, with an agenda of more decent work, higher wages, of course, always with more jobs, but also better conditions life for the workers.”

“What Europe envisioned and what Portugal has translated into its national goals in terms of employment levels, in terms of the proportion of adults in training that allows them to face new challenges in the world of work, in terms of poverty reduction. These are problems that concern not only paper,” said the candidate and leader of the PS.

Also asked about the Santa Casa provider, the former health minister said the process was “concerning” and that it was necessary to wait for an explanation from those involved in parliament “to understand what actually happened.”

The PAN representative believed that it was necessary to “guarantee the dignity and recognition of workers” and defended the “21st century agenda”, which is reflected in the “economy of happiness and well-being”.

The People-Animais-Natureza’s sole lawmaker also said it was “fundamentally important to resume negotiations regarding the valorization of various professions such as nurses, teachers and security forces,” asking the government to abandon the “policy of propaganda.”

Ines de Souza Real also pushed for IRS levels to be updated to reflect inflation, defending the need to “ease the tax burden that is too heavy for workers.”