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Week of action over 35-hour week
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The STAL local government union has organised a week of action
around the country calling for implementation of the agreements it has signed
with municipalities to retain the 35-hour working week. As part of austerity
measures introduced last year the government imposed a 40-hour week in public
administration but trade unions, including STAL and SINTAP, have managed to
negotiate locally to keep the 35-hour week. The protests are to ensure that
the agreements are implemented in the face of the refusal of the state
administration to recognise the agreements. SINTAP has meanwhile met with the
Ministry of Finance which claims that there is a legal question as to whether
local and other public authorities can legitimately sign such agreements. Read
more at > STAL (PT) And
at > SINTAP (PT)
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