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CTT workers set to strike
News in Brief
Second wave peak between CTT workers will be on strike on 30 November and on 2 and 3 December in defence
20 November and 6 December of wage increases for 2020 while calling for the increase in the number of workers
The peak of the second wave of the incidence of the providing the postal service.
coronavirus in Portugal is expected to be reached between
20 November and 6 December. The forecast was made by According to the secretary correspondence,” said the
Lisbon University’s professor of Epidemiology who has general of the National leader to the Lusa News
been tracking the virus and its trends. According to Manuel Union of Postal and agency.
Carmo Gomes, the number of cases will reach its peak in the Telecommunications “The company said it had
coming fortnight, with 3,200 patients hospitalised of which Workers (SNTCT), Vitor no money, but shortly
just under 500 will be in intensive care units. Overall, during Narciso, the strike is afterwards it distributed
that period there will be around 7,000 new daily cases. expected to have “a great bonuses, with subjective
impact on the service and criteria, and anticipated the
TAP loses 11 million passengers treatment and distribution payment of the Christmas
due to Covid of post, but that is the subsidy, it seems that the
intention, for the company
problem is not a lack of
National flag carrier TAP has lost 11 million passengers to understand the workers’ money, but the lack of desire
so far this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Data from indignation and for the to increase wages ”, he
October shows a slight increase in losses compared to Sep- public to understand what is stated.
tember, with a year-on-year drop of 80.6 percent Between happening at CTT”. The SNTCT is one of eight
March - the month in which the pandemic was declared - and “What we intend is to union members involved in Postal workers are calling for wage increases and to employ
October, TAP carried 11 million fewer passengers, compared restore normality to CTT negotiations with CTT that more staff to provide a better service for customers.
to the same period in 2019. in terms of collective called for the strike that will
contracting and the quality take place at national level. retroactive to 1 June 2020, having an increase this year”,
Children in Danger help line of public service that is According to Vitor Narciso, instead of retroactive to he said, recalling that since
receives 470 calls in six months provided to the population, the union proposal went January. the privatisation of CTT in
which is getting worse,
down, at the last conciliation
2013, workers have had a 5.3
“Even so, the company did
A new Children in Danger helpline, created by the child with the delays increasing meeting, to a salary not accept it, but workers percent wage growth over
and youth protection commission during the pandemic, has in the distribution of increase of €20 per worker, are not satisfied with not eight years”, said.
received about 470 calls in six months. These, according to
the president of the National Commission for the Promo- “Presidential elections are likely to be on 24 January”
tion of the Rights and Protection of Children and Youth, in
comments to Lusa News Agency, were mostly with requests
for anonymity and to report “very serious” situations. The The Portuguese presidential elections will probably be scheduled for 24 January 2021,
telephone helpline (961 231 111) was created in the midst of according to the president of Chega, André Ventura after being received by the head
the pandemic to emphasise that society has an obligation to
protect children. of state, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Outside the Palace of Belém in not up to me to do so”. days in advance”.
Excess information helps drive Lisbon, André Ventura told reporters “It is known that I am a presidential If none of the candidates obtain
pandemic fatigue that “there will also be news about the candidate, it is also known that Marce- more than half of the cast votes,
presidential elections, but it will be the
lo Rebelo de Sousa is not yet. I jokingly
excluding blank votes, “the second vote
Portugal’s health chief has said the fact that there are many President himself who will make that asked him if he had anything to say to will take place on the twenty-first day
broadcasters of information on Covid-19, from the media to announcement.” me, but he also honestly didn’t answer after the first”, between the two most
experts, to social media, can confuse the public, helping to Asked if he left this meeting with a me,” the president of Chega added. voted. The law states that “both the
drive pandemic fatigue. Graça Freitas said that at the begin- date, the president of Chega replied: The Electoral Law of the Presi- first and eventual second vote shall take
ning of the pandemic it was simpler to communicate because “Yes, with the probable date of the 24 dent of the Republic states that the place within 60 days prior to the end
the DGS and the health sector knew the contingency plans January, although it is an announce- Head of State “will mark the date of of the term of office of the President of
and the measures to be taken and people were eager to hear ment that will be made by Marcelo the first vote for the election to the the outgoing Republic”, which is on 9
this information and listen. Rebelo de Sousa and not by me, it is Presidency of the Republic at least 60 March 2021.