Train circulation stopped again due to strike

Train circulation is at a standstill today due to the strike by CP – Comboios de Portugal train drivers, a union source told Lusa, pointing out that 100% of workers have joined the strike.

This is the third consecutive day that there are no trains running.

“The participation is 100%. The strike may still have an effect tomorrow [Saturday], but it will be reduced. There will be no minimum services,” António Domingos, president of the National Union of Portuguese Railway Drivers (SMAQ), told Lusa.

António Domingos also said that from Saturday until Wednesday (the 14th), the drivers will go on strike to work overtime.

Several CP workers' unions went on strike, which stopped traffic on Wednesday and Thursday.

The strikes on Wednesday and Thursday were called by the Trade Union Association of Intermediate Railway Operations Managers (ASCEF), the Independent Trade Union Association of Commercial Career Railway Workers (ASSIFECO), the Federation of Transport and Communications Trade Unions (FECTRANS), the National Transport, Communications and Public Works Trade Union (FENTCOP), the National Union of Railway Workers of the Movement and Related (SINAFE), the National Democratic Railway Union (SINDEFER), the Independent Union of Railway Workers of Infrastructure and Related (SINFA), the National Independent Union of Railway Workers (SINFB), the National Union of Transport and Industry Workers (SINTTI), the Independent Union of Railway Operators and Related (SIOFA), the National Union of Technical Staff (SNAQ), the National Union of Workers of the Sector Railway Workers Union (SNTSF), the Railway Transport Union (STF) and the Metro and Railway Workers Union (STMEFE).

The Machinists' Union (SMAQ), the only union on strike today, joined this strike on Thursday.

The Commercial Itinerant Railway Trade Union (SFRCI), ticket inspectors and ticket office workers, has called a partial strike between 5:00 and 8:30 from Sunday to Wednesday (11 and 14 May). On Sunday and Wednesday, the strike will only affect long-distance trains.

For this strike, 25% of minimum services were decreed.

This strike was called against the imposition of wage increases “that do not restore purchasing power”, for “collective negotiation of decent wage increases” and for “implementation of the agreement to restructure wage scales, under the terms in which it was negotiated and agreed”, according to the unions.

Train circulation is at a standstill today due to the strike by CP – Comboios de Portugal train drivers, a union source told Lusa, pointing out that 100% of workers have joined the strike.

This is the third consecutive day that there are no trains running.

“The participation is 100%. The strike may still have an effect tomorrow [Saturday], but it will be reduced. There will be no minimum services,” António Domingos, president of the National Union of Portuguese Railway Drivers (SMAQ), told Lusa.

António Domingos also said that from Saturday until Wednesday (the 14th), the drivers will go on strike to work overtime.

Several CP workers' unions went on strike, which stopped traffic on Wednesday and Thursday.

The strikes on Wednesday and Thursday were called by the Trade Union Association of Intermediate Railway Operations Managers (ASCEF), the Independent Trade Union Association of Commercial Career Railway Workers (ASSIFECO), the Federation of Transport and Communications Trade Unions (FECTRANS), the National Transport, Communications and Public Works Trade Union (FENTCOP), the National Union of Railway Workers of the Movement and Related (SINAFE), the National Democratic Railway Union (SINDEFER), the Independent Union of Railway Workers of Infrastructure and Related (SINFA), the National Independent Union of Railway Workers (SINFB), the National Union of Transport and Industry Workers (SINTTI), the Independent Union of Railway Operators and Related (SIOFA), the National Union of Technical Staff (SNAQ), the National Union of Workers of the Sector Railway Workers Union (SNTSF), the Railway Transport Union (STF) and the Metro and Railway Workers Union (STMEFE).

The Machinists' Union (SMAQ), the only union on strike today, joined this strike on Thursday.

The Commercial Itinerant Railway Trade Union (SFRCI), ticket inspectors and ticket office workers, has called a partial strike between 5:00 and 8:30 from Sunday to Wednesday (11 and 14 May). On Sunday and Wednesday, the strike will only affect long-distance trains.

For this strike, 25% of minimum services were decreed.

This strike was called against the imposition of wage increases “that do not restore purchasing power”, for “collective negotiation of decent wage increases” and for “implementation of the agreement to restructure wage scales, under the terms in which it was negotiated and agreed”, according to the unions.

Train circulation is at a standstill today due to the strike by CP – Comboios de Portugal train drivers, a union source told Lusa, pointing out that 100% of workers have joined the strike.

This is the third consecutive day that there are no trains running.

“The participation is 100%. The strike may still have an effect tomorrow [Saturday], but it will be reduced. There will be no minimum services,” António Domingos, president of the National Union of Portuguese Railway Drivers (SMAQ), told Lusa.

António Domingos also said that from Saturday until Wednesday (the 14th), the drivers will go on strike to work overtime.

Several CP workers' unions went on strike, which stopped traffic on Wednesday and Thursday.

The strikes on Wednesday and Thursday were called by the Trade Union Association of Intermediate Railway Operations Managers (ASCEF), the Independent Trade Union Association of Commercial Career Railway Workers (ASSIFECO), the Federation of Transport and Communications Trade Unions (FECTRANS), the National Transport, Communications and Public Works Trade Union (FENTCOP), the National Union of Railway Workers of the Movement and Related (SINAFE), the National Democratic Railway Union (SINDEFER), the Independent Union of Railway Workers of Infrastructure and Related (SINFA), the National Independent Union of Railway Workers (SINFB), the National Union of Transport and Industry Workers (SINTTI), the Independent Union of Railway Operators and Related (SIOFA), the National Union of Technical Staff (SNAQ), the National Union of Workers of the Sector Railway Workers Union (SNTSF), the Railway Transport Union (STF) and the Metro and Railway Workers Union (STMEFE).

The Machinists' Union (SMAQ), the only union on strike today, joined this strike on Thursday.

The Commercial Itinerant Railway Trade Union (SFRCI), ticket inspectors and ticket office workers, has called a partial strike between 5:00 and 8:30 from Sunday to Wednesday (11 and 14 May). On Sunday and Wednesday, the strike will only affect long-distance trains.

For this strike, 25% of minimum services were decreed.

This strike was called against the imposition of wage increases “that do not restore purchasing power”, for “collective negotiation of decent wage increases” and for “implementation of the agreement to restructure wage scales, under the terms in which it was negotiated and agreed”, according to the unions.