EUROPEAN REGIONAL OFFICE
WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS
General strike against the ‘Pacote Laboral’
Solidarity with Portuguese workers
The European Office of the WFTU (Eurof) salutes the Portuguese workers who will strike on 11 December against the ‘labour package’ prepared by the Portuguese government in accordance with the European Union’s austerity principles, which are being implemented across Europe.
The Portuguese ‘labour package’ reflects all the measures that European governments are deciding on against the working class, including increased working hours, easier dismissals, attacks on the right to strike and collective bargaining, job insecurity and welfare cuts. These measures have already led to general strikes with large numbers of participants in Italy, Greece and France.
The European Union’s strategy of attacking the fundamental rights of the working class to give itself a free hand in supporting businesses and general rearmament at the expense of people’s social and wage needs is clear.
We wish the general strike on 11 December every success, as it is a necessary response to stop the Portuguese government’s plans and obtain the immediate withdrawal of the measures contained in the ‘labour package’.
09/12/2025
Pierpaolo Leonardi
WFTU European office Coordinator
