According to the document approved today, the trade union confederation asserts that low wages remain “an obstacle to the country’s development” and reports that half of the workers earn 880 euros or less.
The CGTP-IN highlights that 57% of employees receive less than a thousand euros gross, and 18.3% live solely on the minimum wage.
The confederation also criticizes the labor package of the PSD/CDS Government, which it accuses of “further weakening rights,” facilitating dismissals, and increasing precariousness.
In contrast, it demands the reinstatement of the principle of more favorable treatment for the worker, the revocation of the expiry of collective bargaining, the reduction of the weekly working hours to 35 without loss of pay, and the restoration of 25 working days of vacation.
For CGTP-IN, raising wages is “urgent, possible, and necessary,” estimating that the measure would cost less than 10 billion euros, a figure compared to “the 33.4 billion euros appropriated by 1,615 large companies in the national economy,” they point out.
The trade union confederation also advocates for the strengthening of public services in health, education, social security, and housing, as well as measures to combat precariousness and enhance careers and professions.
CGTP-IN has also called for a National Day of Struggle against the labor package, scheduled for September 20, with demonstrations in Porto (10:30) and Lisbon (15:00), demanding that the Government withdraws the proposed changes to labor legislation, which it considers a “widespread attack” on workers’ rights.
