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Portuguese aviation workers threaten August strike

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James Chapple
2 August 2022

Aviation workers in Portugal are planning to strike for three days later this month in a row over pay, conditions and safety considerations.

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The action will impact all of Portugal's national airports

Members of Portugal’s Civil Aviation Workers’ Union and its Commercial Aviation Staff Union have threatened to walk out over 19-21 August.


In a joint statement, the unions accused airport operator ANA of not paying employees sufficiently when the firm is reporting multi-million Euro net profits.


ANA manages Portugal’s three main airports – Lisbon, Porto and Faro.


"Only by doing this [striking], we will be able to achieve what the company has been lacking for a long time: social stability, respect for workers’ rights and, fundamentally, for people," Reuters quotes the two unions as saying in their statement.