Portugal

Portuguese affiliates STAL to the fore in Public Service petition drive

(27 February 2007) STAL, EPSU affiliate in Portugal, has stepped up its efforts to ensure a successful petition in time for the ETUC congress in May. The union has widely circulated a call for the petition to the signed. STAL is cooperating with the other Portuguese affiliates to reach the widest number of potential signatories. National Campaign Coordinator José Manuel Marques stated that; "the Portuguese trade union community is fully aware of the need to maximise the mobilisation for this (...)

I’ve signed www.petitionpublicservice.eu. Have you?

Paulo Ferreira (STE), Brian Synnott (EPSU), Vitor Duarte (SINDEL), Jorge NOBRE DOS SANTOS (SINTAP), Francisco Braz, (STAL) and campaign coordinator Jose Manuel Marques

V. Duarte and I. Machado, SINDEL Portugal, signing the petition

PLEASE GIVE US 30 SECONDS OF YOUR TIME FOR A MORE CITIZEN FRIENDLY EU.

I am proud to say that I have signed the petition calling for a legal instrument for public services at the EU level. For the next 12 weeks, EPSU and its 200+ affiliates, will be making the ETUC petition on public services our number one priority. We aim, in association with the ETUC - find your national confederation here and here - the other European Trade Union Federations], and our growing list of allies, to reach our target of one million signatures by the start of the ETUC congress in Seville on 21-24 May.

Let us remember that the gathering of one million signatures is the message. Our aim, indeed our long term struggle, is to have a strong legal instrument at EU level that reflects the value of public services in European society, recognises the (...)

Portuguese workers say yes to EU law for public services

EPSU Portuguese affiliates stage major public service campaign event

(28 November, 2006) Garantir Servicos Publicos de Qualidade para todos! -Guaranteeing quality public services for all !

This was the message of the four public service unions from Portugal who joined forces to call for an EU law on public services as a counterbalance to the EU. The significance of STAL, STE, SINTAP and SINDEL, all EPSU affiliates, sharing a platform together, cannot be underestimated. Over 300 trade union activists from every region in Portugal, and members of the Portuguese press, witnessed speaker after speaker call for the legislative initiative.