CGTP

Published 4 November 2026, 00:38

CGTP-IN — Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses – Intersindical Nacional (General Confederation of Portuguese Workers)

The larger of the country's two trade union federations, made up of sector unions. Every year before the budget it announces its demands on wages and pensions and calls demonstrations; strikes are called not by the federation itself but by its member unions. Unlike the other federation, UGT, it usually does not sign minimum wage agreements in concertação social.

Where you come across it. news about strikes, demonstrations, and talks on the minimum wage and the labour code.

A union demand is not a decision: the actual figures for the year are set by the government in a separate decree-law published in the Diário da República. Whether to join a strike is up to each worker.

Official website: cgtp.pt

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