[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fportugal-large-protests-against-new-austerity-wave-september-15-2012":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},19308,"portugal-large-protests-against-new-austerity-wave-september-15-2012","Portugal -Large protests against new austerity wave -September 15, 2012",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fportugal-large-protests-against-new-austerity-wave-september-15-2012","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:49:21.466601+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F19308\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2012",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fportugal-large-protests-against-new-austerity-wave-september-15-2012\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T21:28:49.929789+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>Large protests took place in over 40 cities against a new wave of austerity measures. In a recent statement, the government announced measures including the raising of workers’ social security contributions from 11% to 18% (roughly a monthly salary’s wage cut) and the cancellation of Christmas or holiday bonuses (equivalent to another month’s wages). Further increases in income taxes are also expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.washingtonpost.com\u002Fbusiness\u002Flarge-anti-austerity-demonstrations-take-shape-in-spain-and-portugal\u002F2012\u002F09\u002F15\u002F547bf158-ff30-11e1-98c6-ec0a0a93f8eb_story.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.washingtonpost.com\u002Fbusiness\u002Flarge-anti-austerity-demonstrations ... \u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002F2012-09-11\u002Fportugal-labor-unions-plan-strikes-against-austerity-measures.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002F2012-09-11\u002Fportugal-labor-unions-plan-strikes ... \u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. For previous issues of the \u003Ci>Collective bargaining newsletter\u003C\u002Fi> please visit \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>, and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Ci>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">© ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2012. All rights reserved.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]