Portugal - LG unions defend working hours - advice from EPSU

Unions defend 35-hour in local government

Trade unions in local government have resisted the government’s plans to increase the public sector working week to 40 hours by signing agreements with local authorities to maintain the 35-hour week. STAL, SINTAP along with the STML trade union in Lisbon have been negotiating these agreements one-by-one and now over 100 local authorities have signed up to the 35-hour week. Read more at > STAL (PT) And at > SINTAP (PT)