Thursday, June 27, 2013

Portugal unions to hold major strike


Thursday’s strike in the capital, Lisbon, which is called by the country’s two main labor unions, UGT and CGTP, will stop trains and the Lisbon metro and cut the bus services in half.

Meanwhile, state-owned airline TAP (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) has warned of possible disruption to flights as air traffic controllers and ground staff are expected to take part in the work stoppage.“If we think about it, our future is a dark, living-under-the-bridge kind of future… But we don’t stop believing, fighting and demanding,” said a Portuguese woman planning to participate in the event on Thursday .... http://www.presstv.ir