Portugal: CGTP wants to continue in the same vein after successful anti-austerity demonstration

The General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers (CGTP) organized a major demonstration on September 29 and received the support of civil society. Nearly 200,000 people chanted anti-austerity slogans against the government. The CGTP is now thinking about a general strike. (Ref. 120570)
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Demonstration. The CGTP’s demonstration was successful with nearly 200,000 people marching in the streets of Lisbon on Saturday, September 29, against the austerity measures applied in Portugal as part of the economic recovery program negotiated with the European Union, the ECB and the IMF.

Union struggle. The organization, which is celebrating its 42nd birthday today, October 1, wants to revive union action, now contemplating the idea of a general strike, after consulting the representative s

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