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And despite government guarantees. The CGTP, the trade union center close to the Communist Party, had called for demonstrations on Saturday October 15 in Lisbon and Porto.
With our correspondent in Lisbon, Marie-Line Darcy
For employment, against precariousness and for decent wages. In the long procession of the CGTP, Rafael, from the young section of the central, held up a sign demanding a minimum wage of 800 euros against 705 currently.
« 800 euros is the minimum of the minimum! But even if we got it, we wouldn’t get far with it. The cost of living is increasing a lot and the people, the young people, we can no longer cope. Quite simply, we no longer have the conditions to withstand the shock of inflation. We kill ourselves at work but we get poorer, it is no longer possible! »
The union rejected the government’s proposal for a minimum wage of 760 euros gross. Insufficient to get by, says Manuela Santos, municipal official.
« Portuguese workers live in misery. We are among those who earn the least in Europe. And in Europe when they say they no longer have the means to heat themselves, we have been like that for years. So stop, enough is enough! »
On November 18, the public service will be on general strike.