The STAL local government union
organised four days of industrial action at the Valorlis solid waste treatment
company that operates in the Leiria district of central Portugal. The workers
were on an overtime ban on 13, 14 and 15 August, followed by 24 hours of strike
action on 16th. The union argues that shareholders in the privatised company
have been benefitting from company profits while workers have been denied pay
increases as the company claims it has had to follow government austerity
measures.
Read more at STAL (PT)
(Advice from EPSU)
Read more at STAL (PT)(Advice from EPSU)
