The main organizer of the demonstration, the left-wing trade union headquarters CGTP, estimated that approximately 100,000 people took part in the event that paralyzed traffic in the capital's downtown. people. Police estimates indicate 50,000.
Saturday's protest includes: against the government's planned changes to the labor code, it gathered people employed in both the public and private sectors.
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According to the CGTP authorities, the government's announcements indicate that the planned changes include: limiting the right to strike and facilitating the termination of employment contracts by employers.
“Don't limit our rights!”, “Hands off the labor code!”, “Let us live!”, “We want a decent life!” — chanted demonstrators as they marched through the center of the capital.
35-hour work week
The protest participants also demanded that the government raise wages and improve employment conditions. They called for reducing the working week from 40 to 35 hours. Of course, without reducing salaries. The effect would be similar to the pilot project currently being carried out in Poland, reducing the working week from five to four days.
In conversations with the media, they emphasized that the rising cost of living in Portugal is not accompanied by government actions to support employees; on the contrary, the cabinet of the Prime Minister of Montenegro plans to amend the labor code, limiting the rights of employees.
The management of the CGTP headquarters threatened during Saturday's protest that On December 11, he will conduct a nationwide general strike.
