Today, Portuguese journalists went on strike for the first time in 42 years, dissatisfied with low wages and job insecurity, the journalists' union announced.
About forty newsrooms of national or local media joined the trade union movement.
News agency Lusa has not published any news since Wednesday midnight, public radio Antena 1 and its private competitor TSF do not broadcast news, and online editions of leading daily Publico or weekly Visao have also stopped publishing information.
"Job insecurity and low wages are an obstacle to citizens' right to information," the union's announcement states.
In particular, the strikers are demanding "wage increases" to combat inflation and compliance with labor laws regarding overtime pay.
Several meetings are planned in Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra.
Journalists last went on general strike in 1982. Today's protest comes as one of the main national media groups, Global Media, announced this Sunday a new layoff plan for around two dozen employees, including a dozen journalists, due to a "complicated financial situation".
The union recalled that the group has already carried out several waves of layoffs in recent years, targeting 119 employees in 2009, 140 in 2014 and 81 in 2020.
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