Strikers protest at Lisbon’s wage freeze plans

Preview and reports of a 24-hour public sector strike in Portugal on the 4 March 2010 in protest against a wage freeze aimed at controlling the soaring budget deficit.

ESO: Background information: Austerity plans spark protests in eurozone http://www.europeansources.info/record/austerity-plans-spark-protests-in-eurozone/

BBC News, 5.3.10: Portugal's unpleasant economic medicine http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8552428.stm

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