Hundreds of strikes, demonstrations, rallies and plenary sessions across the country are taking place this Wednesday as part of the CGTP’s national day to fight for higher wages and protest against rising costs of living.
Among the events planned for the CGTP National Struggle Day are plenary sessions, meetings outside the companies and strikes in various city councils in the country and in companies such as Matutano, Lactogal, Nobre, EDP stores and Grupo Altice.
Demonstrations are also planned in Lisbon and Porto starting at 3:00 p.m., and a national nurses’ strike will begin this Wednesday at the public administration.
Also involved in a nationwide strike are employees of distribution companies, who will gather at several stores in the country.
“We are going to have a national day of struggle from north to south, and also on the islands, with both the public and private administrative sectors, with a very wide range of plenary sessions, when workers will come to the doors of workplaces to demand their rights,” CGTP leader Ana Pires told Lusa on Tuesday.
The workers “have a central demand, which is also a demand for national action itself, wage increases, guarantees of rights and against the rise in the cost of living,” the union leader stressed, adding that it is necessary to “respond to the difficult living conditions of workers” faced with rising prices for essential goods and housing.
For the CGTP, “there is an urgent need for a general increase in wages and pensions, an end to speculation that benefits large economic groups, control and reduction in prices for essential goods and services, taxing the profits of large companies. and change the course of a policy that has been followed and that is pushing an increasing number of workers into poverty.
The CGTP is calling for a wage increase for all workers of at least 10% with a minimum of €100, an increase in the minimum wage to €850 and other measures that respond to rising costs of living.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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