Protesters march throughout an illustration referred to as by unions of private and non-private sector in opposition to precariousness, the price of residing, low wages and pensions in Lisbon on March 18, 2023. (Photograph by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)
Lisbon, Portugal — 1000’s of individuals marched within the Portuguese capital Lisbon on Saturday, calling for larger wages and different measures to assist deal with the rising value of residing.
The march, referred to as by the CGTP, the nation’s fundamental trades union confederation, got here a day after a nationwide strike by civil servants in help of upper wages.
That motion hit garbage assortment, faculties and hospitals.
The CGTP needs the federal government to implement a bundle of anti-poverty measures together with value controls on important commodities and motion to restrict hovering rents and the price of property loans.
Over 2022, inflation reached 7.4 %, the very best degree in 30 years.
CGTP Basic Secretary Isabel Camarinha informed the gang they needed pay rises of a minimum of 10 %, above the speed of inflation, and nothing lower than a rise of 100 euros ($108) for all staff.
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