The information was provided by the Union of Road and Urban Transport Workers of Portugal (STRUP), affiliated with the Federation of Transport and Communications Unions (FECTRANS).

In a statement, STRUP states that, after a general plenary, in Praça do Município, in Lisbon, the workers considered it “inadmissible for the Carris Board of Directors (CA) to continue without responding to the constant demands” of the previous plenary, despite the “net profit of the company of 9.5 million euros” assumed by the company in the 2023 report and accounts.

Among the demands, the workers demand an increase of 100 euros in the salary scale, an increase of 15 euros per day in the food allowance, the evolution to 35 hours per week, with the inclusion of travel time to and from surrender sites, and the pass for the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.

According to STRUP, these demands “are essential not only for improving the living conditions of workers but also for creating the conditions for retaining the workers necessary for the public service provided by the company and for creating attractive conditions for new admissions”.

In this way, the workers decided to continue the current process of struggle with a 24-hour strike on July 11th “if there continues to be no positive response to the demands, regarding matters of a pecuniary nature and the availability to continue the negotiation process ”.