The CGTP is organizing a big day of action on Saturday, October 19 against the 2014 Finance Bill. The largest union confederation in Portugal will organize a go-slow operation on the “25 abril” bridge on the Tagus River in Lisbon. The demonstration aims to protest against the 2014 Finance Bill, which is considered to make austerity even worse. Measures include draining pensions and increasing retirement age. Several sectors, notably transport, launched strike movements. (Ref. 130362)
Tension
. Mentioning security reasons, the government forbade the march initially planned by the CGTP on the Tagus in Lisbon and on one of the bridges over the Douro. So negotiations started but following tension over security arguments, the CGTP decided to give the march up. The union opted for a go-slow march and a sound protest from the buses transporting the demonstrators. The procession will end at the foot of the bridge, with a concentration. But the trial of strength between the auth
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