Strikes fall by almost 27% in the first year of Luís Montenegro’s government

Original text from the newspaper ECO

Protest with raised fists

On 21 February 2025, the newspaper ECO reported that the number of strike notices fell by around 27% in 2024, after three consecutive years of increases, according to DGERT data.

Among the political scientists interviewed, Tiago Carvalho, a researcher at CIES-Iscte, links this decline to the arrival of a new government and the start of a new political cycle, also pointing to the executive’s greater willingness to negotiate with some sectors, such as teachers and the security forces.

Read the full article in ECO.