Portugal's Biggest Union Calls for General Strike

"We call for a general strike on March 22 against exploitation and impoverishment," CGTP secretary general Armenio Carlos said following a meeting of national union leaders. 

"This is a general strike about the rights of workers and the younger generations," Carlos said. 

The new controversial austerity measures are part of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho's plan to meet the conditions set by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund for their bailout of debt-stricken Portugal in exchange for a loan of 78 billion euros ($103 billion), granted in May of 2011 .... Read more at http://www.presstv.ir