‘No concrete progress’ in talks to end court officials’ strike

Portugal’s Judicial Officials Union (SFJ), members of which are currently waging a partial, have lamented that “there was nothing concrete to be communicated to judicial officials by the government” at the union’s latest meeting with a senior official at the Ministry of Justice. “The only thing we learned at the meeting was that next week the ‘preliminary study’ should be finalised, so that negotiation of the professional statute can then begin,” the SFJ reports in a statement today. “And once again we were asked what could be done to create a climate of social peace in the courts, having recognised the great impact that the workers’ struggle is having on the justice system.” Thus the partial strike continues, and could remain in place says the union, until July 15…