Portugal -Large protests against new austerity wave -September 15, 2012

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.

English: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/large-anti-austerity-demonstrations ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-11/portugal-labor-unions-plan-strikes ...

 

For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.

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