Public Workers Strike Halts Services Nationwide Services serving the public will be hardest hit by the shutdown.

The shutdown was especially felt in hospitals, where doctors, nurses and diagnostic technicians joined. Nurses who have been on strike since Thursday are joining the government workers’ protest this Friday. According to Sindicato dos Enfermeiros Portugal (SEP), membership in the country’s hospitals ranges from 51% in the IPO in Porto to 90% in hospitals in Leiria and Peniche. Guadalupe Simões, leader of the SEP, believes the data means that “nurses are expressing their dissatisfaction” with “various situations of injustice” that the government did not want to resolve in the negotiation process, and “the government’s decision to backdate payment only until 2022 instead of 2018 “.

This was stated by the coordinator of the Common Front Sebastian Santana. cm which expects a large number of supporters, because “the workers do not agree with the proposals of the government.” He also said that despite being able to negotiate with the government before the final global vote on the state budget, the executive branch has been adamant, which could lead to another halt. “Of course, another nationwide strike is planned,” he said, “whether it will be this year or not, I am not going to foresee it. After this strike, we will meet, listen to the workers and make a decision.”