Employees at EDP’s call centers are observing a 48-hour strike in a claim for their full integration into electricity supplier. EDP’s call service is subcontracted to two companies in Lisbon. Workers under the outsourcing employment contract want to be fully integrated into EDP. Workers are answering a call to strike by SIESI - (Electrotechnical Industry Workers´ Union for Southern Portugal, Azor Islands and Madeira). Although limited in size this mobilization is symbolic coming as it does in one of Portugal’s important economic sectors.
Strike action. Employees in the call centers subcontracted to the electricity supplier EDP decided to observe a two day strike demanding their full integration into the company. The employees in question operate in two different call centers that are subcontracted to a service company. Workers operate under short-term employment contracts, some of which have worked under these conditions for more than 20 years. EDP just recently signed a service contract with the Spanishconsulting and technolog
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