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“The parties have to make a choice: which side they are on. My party and I never wavered, we put the word precariousness on the map, we were by your side in every fight and we are now, rain or shine”, she assured. The BE leader said “no, thank you” to the multinationals that set up shop in Portugal “to exploit workers, to pay them below the minimum wage”, arguing that Teleperformance workers “have every right to fight for better wages”.
Mariana Mortágua argued that “Portugal cannot be the mecca of low wages, it cannot be the country that attracts multinationals because it pays poverty wages”.
At stake, in the words of the BE leader, are “thousands of qualified young people who receive the national minimum wage or below one thousand euros”. “The fight for better wages, the fight to stop young people from emigrating is here”, she emphasized.
“Portugal cannot be the low-wage offshore where thousands of qualified young people work for housing and this is considered part of their salary”.
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This person is obviously a socialist and has no plan to improve the economy, just big talk and unrealistic ideas. Portugal needs to attract business so the young people will be able to move out of their parents homes and get a life. Companies will help them develop critical skills, which will put them the road to independence, not reliance on crumbs handed out by career politicians with no business experience.
By Steve from Other on 27 Feb 2024, 17:22
Why would they pay more for low productive, untrained, inefficient staff.
The Portuguese companies do not value it's employees so what makes the Portuguese think that Multinationals will respect the Portuguese employees.
By Shak from UK on 27 Feb 2024, 20:17
Progressive, rational, fair.. Always from the Left.
Give ONE example where these things apply as coming from the Right? And Portugal is running into their greasy arms...
By Rita algierza from Beiras on 27 Feb 2024, 21:03
@Rita, what you may view as "progressive, rational, fair" others view as burdensome and anticompetitive. High taxes and increased regulation have a direct negative impact on wages.
Multinationals are in a position where they can choose where they hire. If country A has an effective income tax (+social security) of 50% while in country B it's 40%, if the company was looking to hire an experienced executive, both the employer and prospective employee will prefer country B: the executive gets to keep more of their salary, while the company gets a better rewarded and therefore more productive employee. If you add in the mix that country A legally prevents the employer from reaching out outside working hours while in country B they have no such restriction, it becomes even more clear-cut: high paid jobs will accumulate in country B at the expense of country A.
By Alex from Algarve on 28 Feb 2024, 16:35
High wages to pay for socialism? If you want to win in life..you have to fight.. not lay in bed waiting for mercy from the state..
By Nuno from Beiras on 01 Mar 2024, 21:21