A great victory of the workers in Portugal! The workers’ struggle has defeated the Labour Package in the workplaces, in the streets and in Parliament!

The workers in Portugal have achieved, through their struggle, a great victory in defending their labour and trade union rights, by defeating the Labour Package [of legislation] put forth by the PSD/CDS Government and which was supported by the bosses’ confederations. This is a great victory, which shows the decisive strength of the workers’ organization, struggle and unity.

MPs and political parties will have to decide: Are they on the side of the workers or on the side of the Government’s labour package?

Now is the moment of truth, every MP and every party will have to decide whether to vote against or in favour of even greater precariousness, even greater deregulation of working hours and people’s lives, even greater pressure on wages, the liberalisation of dismissals, or unpaid overtime through the “hour bank” scheme.

Demand that the Government provide the necessary responses that are long overdue, and prioritise the needs of the populations

Dear comrades, Ladies and gentlemen of the press, Please allow me to begin this speech by thanking all the bodies, organisations and grassroots associations we have been in contact with, who have also helped to shape our Parliamentary Conference, and to offer a special mention to the PCP organisations in the districts of Coimbra and Leiria, and in particular to our comrades in Marinha Grande, who, together with the parliamentary group, ensured and made possible this Conference that is now coming to a close.

The PCP calls for policies that serve MSMEs and the Country’s

Dear comrades, dear friends, I would like to extend my greetings to all those taking part in this meeting with micro, small and medium-sized entrepreneurs, which in itself is a very important sign of the attention and support we are giving to this vital national reality, which involves more than 500,000 companies, very diverse, and constitute a substantial part of the Portuguese economic fabric. Only the PCP would be in a position to organise a meeting with this composition and with the content we have heard here throughout the day.

General Strike, December 11, 2025: a rejection of the Labour Package and a great assertion of the workers’ strength

11 December 2025

The great and expressive scale of today’s General Strike is an enormous statement of the workers’ strength and unity, and a powerful expression of rejection of a labour package [of laws] at the service of capital, which was put forth by the PSD/CDS Government and which is supported by Chega and Inicativa Liberal [parties].

General Strike against the Labour Package - December 11, 2025

11 December 2025

Greve Geral — 11 de Dezembro — Contra o Pacote Laboral

15 December 2025

All for the General Strike - December 11

All on General Strike tomorrow!

10 December 2025

With the legal coverage of the advance notice handed by CGTP-IN, which was supported and reinforced by others, all workers have the possibility and duty of class solidarity to join the general strike tomorrow, December 11. The reasons also affect everyone. We must reject and force the Government to withdraw the labour package, which threatens us all, and demand higher wages, more rights and more and better public services for everyone.

ALL FOR THE GENERAL STRIKE - December 11 - WHAT IS AT STAKE

11 December 2025

AGAINST THE LABOUR PACKAGE What is at stake Salaries crushed for colossal profits Colossal profits and workers in difficulty, but the Government wants to further reduce low wages and devalue professions and careers: use unemployment and unemployment benefits to lower wages;

ALL FOR THE GENERAL STRIKE - 11 Reasons to go on strike

11 December 2025

AGAINST THE LABOUR PACKAGE 11 Reasons to go on strike

Raise National Minimum Wage to €1050 already in January!

10 December 2025

When everybody swears eternal love for wage increases, the PCP once again provides the opportunity for the Assembly of the Republic to decide to increase the national minimum wage to €1050 as early as January, thereby stimulating a general increase in wages and the valorisation of the careers and professions of all workers. Those who say ‘wages yes, but not now’ will come up with the old refrain: companies can't cope, we need to create wealth and then distribute it, productivity has to increase, and so on...

Workers are not numbers and they are not parts; they are the ones who produce wealth and should be valued

5 December 2025

Mr. Prime Minister, a preliminary note: MP Mr. Hugo Soares kindly brought up the issues surrounding the labour package but managed to spend eight minutes talking about the labour package without mentioning a single measure contained in it. It should also be noted that CHEGA and Iniciativa Liberal tried to sidestep this issue, but Mr. Prime Minister, I would like to ask three specific questions.

Government diverts public resources to real estate speculation, driving up prices and increasing housing precariousness

4 December 2025

1. The changes in the fiscal field that the PSD/CDS Government intends to promote with the request for legislative authorisation submitted yesterday to the Assembly of the Republic constitute an unacceptable choice in favour of real estate speculation and fiscal injustice. The diversion of public resources to real estate funds, banks and large real estate owners is at the heart of this tax package, which goes even further than what was announced in September. 2. Among other serious aspects, the following stand out:

We still have time to stop the economic crime that is the privatisation of TAP

4 December 2025

Let’s not repeat the same mistake! We still have time to stop the economic crime that is the privatisation of TAP. A criminal investigation is underway into evidence of crimes committed during the process of the privatisation of TAP in 2015, but also during the period of private management, which the PCP denounced at the time because TAP was acquired by a private group with TAP's own money, and also denounced the excesses of private management.