The distribution companies played down the impact of the strike in supermarkets and hypermarkets, as opposed to the Trade Union, which accounted for “thousands of workers” standing in the industry shops.
The President of the Trade Workers Union, Offices and Services of Portugal (CESP), Manuel Guerrero, told the Lusa agency that the strike was joined of “many thousands” of people with “dozens closed shops “in the country.
” Thousands of workers did not show up in the workplace, despite several inducements and blackmail, “said the union leader.
For Manuel Guerrero,” the main objectives of the strike were achieved, “creating conditions for safeguarding the rights of workers of supermarkets and hypermarkets, particularly in terms of wages and working hours.
” There are companies that want to reduce the income of workers, “said the national director of the CESP.
In a statement sent to Lusa, about 18:00, the Portuguese Association of Distribution Companies (APED states that the” overwhelming majority “of supermarkets and hypermarkets of associated groups was “to operate under normal despite the strike announced by industry unions” for today, Labor Day.
Quoted in the document, the general director of APED, Ana Isabel Trigo Morais, called ” the sense of responsibility of the unions, “and argued that” negotiations on the collective bargaining work should continue on the same forum. “
In the early afternoon, the level of adherence to the strike in Pingo Doce, for example, it was 0.5% of the total universe of workers in late morning, said an official of the Jerónimo Martins Group, stating that “all 382 stores” Pingo Doce chain opened in the morning.
At 18:15, the same source maintained that swinging strike, according to which the group’s supermarkets continued “to operate in full normality.”
The secretary general of the UGT, Carlos Silva, said today that “more than ever matter symbolism of the gesture” of the strike, referring in particular to the distribution sector.
“The strike today is to tell the supermarkets that contrary to the message that is passed in the country to make exceptional prices, they are open longer hours because the Portuguese that day can go shopping then and those who work there every day, many with precarious contracts? This is the message, “said Carlos Silva told reporters, in commemoration of the 1st of May in Porto.
Trade Unions of CGTP and UGT representative of workers of hypermarkets and supermarkets scheduled a strike for today, in support of wage increases and improved working conditions.
The CESP and distribution companies did not disclose the percentage of adherence to the strike.
Digital Diary with Lusa
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