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		<title>Against the theft of wages and pensions!</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/09/29/against-the-theft-of-wages-and-pensions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 07:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Everyone in Lisbon against the theft of wages, pensions and the reforms!&#8221; This is the slogan of major protests to be held today in the Portuguese capital that have been organised by the CGTP union. Together with the country&#8217;s largest trade union confederation there will be activists behind the one million strong rallies on September 15, &#8230; <a href="/2012/09/29/against-the-theft-of-wages-and-pensions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=4791&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Portugal&#8217;s protest movement unites to fight cuts</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/09/25/portugals-protest-movement-unites-to-fight-the-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Portugal&#8217;s anti-austerity protest this Saturday promises to be another big one after the organisers that brought as many as a million into the streets on September 15 swung behind the demonstrations and rallies planned by the CGTP trade union central. The signatories of the manifesto &#8216;Fuck the troika! We want our lives!&#8217;  (see below) are &#8230; <a href="/2012/09/25/portugals-protest-movement-unites-to-fight-the-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=4747&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Portugal&#8217;s Optimistic PM &#8216;on another planet&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/08/16/optimistic-passos-on-another-planet-say-critics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Portugal’s prime minister is ‘living on another planet’ unions said this week after Carlos Passos Coelho predicted that investment in the crisis-hit economy would bounce back next year. The right-wing premier’s upbeat assessment of the country’s prospects came after fresh data showed unemployment has hit a record 15% in the second quarter, and the country’s &#8230; <a href="/2012/08/16/optimistic-passos-on-another-planet-say-critics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=4168&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh anti-austerity protests hit Portugal</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/06/16/fresh-anti-austerity-protests-hit-portugals-capital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands marched in Lisbon Saturday against the austerity measures of the right wing prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho. The protest, organised by the CGTP trade union confederation, follows marches and rallies in the country&#8217;s second largest city, Oporto, last weekend. Calling for a mobilisation &#8216;against exploitation and impoverishment&#8217; , the CGTP was also demonstrating its &#8230; <a href="/2012/06/16/fresh-anti-austerity-protests-hit-portugals-capital/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=3721&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tens of thousands march in Portugal against austerity</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/06/09/tens-of-thousands-march-is-portugal-against-austerity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[30,000 portuguese marched Saturday in Portugal&#8217;s second biggest city of Oporto demanding a change in the right-wing government&#8217;s austerity policies. The demonstration was organised by the CGTP union, which has 600,000 members. General Secretary Armenio Carlos slammed the government for ignoring the &#8216;the dramatic conditions millions faced&#8217; in Portugal and described the policies promoted in &#8230; <a href="/2012/06/09/tens-of-thousands-march-is-portugal-against-austerity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=3596&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Portugal: Protests held over health service cuts</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/04/15/portugal-protests-held-over-health-service-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health service users and workers protested in 13 Portuguese cities against cuts and new user charges introduced by the right wing government of Pedro Passos Coelho. Protests started late Friday in the southern Algarve region and rolled out across the country, including the capital Lisbon, throughout Saturday. Organised by the CGTP trade union central and &#8230; <a href="/2012/04/15/portugal-protests-held-over-health-service-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=2833&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Portuguese workers strike against ‘social terrorism&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/03/21/portuguese-workers-strike-against-social-terrorism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Workers turned out en masse Thursday for the second 24-hour general strike in recent months, called by the General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers (CGTP) against &#8216;social terrorism&#8217;. Ordinary Portuguese protested against the government’s economically suicidal austerity measures imposed by the &#8216;troika&#8217; of the European Commission, European Central Bank (ECB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF). &#8230; <a href="/2012/03/21/portuguese-workers-strike-against-social-terrorism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=2450&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rally against austerity, labour reforms &#8216;historic&#8217; say Portuguese communists</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/02/11/rally-against-austerity-labour-reforms-historic-say-portuguese-communists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s rally against austerity and regressive labour &#8216;reforms&#8217; in Lisbon was an &#8216;historic event,&#8217; the biggest in terms of popular support for over 30 years, according to Jerónimo de Sousa, general secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party. The turn-out, estimated at 300,000 by the trade union confederation, CGTP, showed that the communists were correct to &#8230; <a href="/2012/02/11/rally-against-austerity-labour-reforms-historic-say-portuguese-communists/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=1746&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>They call it &#8216;competitiveness&#8217;, but it&#8217;s &#8216;brutal exploitation&#8217;: new leader of Portugal&#8217;s CGTP union</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/02/08/they-call-it-competitiveness-but-its-brutal-exploitation-new-leader-of-portugals-cgtp-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN THE RADICAL THE PRESS / IL MANIFESTO Ahead of a national demonstration on February 11,  the new leader of  Portugal&#8217;s main union confederation, Armenio Carlos, explains why he opposes the country&#8217;s recent  labour market reforms, why the public debt must be renegotiated and of the importance of &#8216;giving hope that a different politics is &#8230; <a href="/2012/02/08/they-call-it-competitiveness-but-its-brutal-exploitation-new-leader-of-portugals-cgtp-union/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=1674&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Portugal labour reforms are &#8216;a return to feudalism&#8217;, says CGTP</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/01/18/portugal-labour-reforms-are-a-return-to-feudalism-says-cgtp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labour reforms agreed Wednesday by Portugal&#8217;s second-largest trade union confederation UGT signify &#8216;a return to feudalism&#8217;, according to the largest union confederation, CGTP, which opposed them. Part of right-wing premier Passos Coelho&#8217;s austerity plans designed to placate the IMF and EU, the labour &#8216;reforms&#8217; included a reduction of annual holidays, a deregulation of working hours, and rules making &#8230; <a href="/2012/01/18/portugal-labour-reforms-are-a-return-to-feudalism-says-cgtp/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=1385&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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