Portugal: following a sit-in workers at the former Triumph underwear and lingerie workplace secure collective dismissal for economic reasons

Following a three-week sit-in at the facility, 463 former Triumph workers secured a company insolvency decision. The Tribunal ruling now unlocks the right to collective dismissal compensation, and unemployment benefits, all of this coming in the wake of several months of unpaid wages. This particular struggle has drawn public and public authorities attention to and opinion on the lengthiness of bankruptcy procedures including. The factory, which is located in Sacavem close to the capital Lisbon was bought by the Swiss-German investment fund Gramax Capital AG at the start of 2017.