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"en.20120521.16.1-111-000"2
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"Mr President, in Portugal, recent weeks have seen yet another step backwards for society and civilisation. Sponsored by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, the national parties have signed off on – are accepting, advocating and implementing – a veritable pact of aggression against the country and its people.
Changes to labour legislation are an attack on the historic achievements of the workers and yet another savage blow to an already weakened democracy. They facilitate redundancies, curtail compensation, cut overtime and rest days, reduce days off and abolish public holidays; that is, they impose forced and unpaid labour, and attempt to universalise precarious contracts and dismantle collective bargaining.
In this way, the Portuguese workers will be extorted of yet more millions of euro. They also promote the destruction of more jobs – which could exceed 90 000 – at a time when unemployment is already at historic highs.
It is not too late to change course. Now is the time! That will be the message once again when the streets of Lisbon are filled once more next Saturday."@en1
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