Overview
- The CGTP has filed a formal notice for a nationwide strike set for June 3 and multiple unions including the cabin-crew SNPVAC have voted to join the action.
- Unions estimate the walkout could affect roughly 500 flights, with cabin-crew disruption expected to hit airlines based in Portugal such as TAP, Portugália and SATA.
- Public transport operators across metros, ferries and national rail are also expected to participate, raising the risk of wider disruption to city and intercity travel.
- The dispute centers on government-backed labour reforms that unions say would make it easier to dismiss staff and lift limits on outsourcing, and the measures have been sent to Parliament for debate.
- Separately, long queues at Schengen border checks caused by the EU Entry/Exit System have already strained airports and Portugal's PSP will deploy 360 newly trained officers to airports in July to ease those border delays.