Portugal union leader wants debt renegotiation

7 February 2012, 10:38 am

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal must renegotiate its debts rather than impose harsh austerity measures to overcome its economic crisis, the head of the country's largest trade union said on Wednesday, threatening to step up strikes if the government pushed on with cuts. Armenio Carlos, head of the CGTP union, told Reuters Portuguese workers would take a stand against attacks on labor rights, which ...... Read More »

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