The General Confederation of Portuguese Workers — National Interunion calls for a wage increase of at least 15%, a minimum of 150 euros, for all workers in 2027, also defending the rise of the national minimum wage to 1,100 euros.
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11/09/2026
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“ Oworkers and pensioners need wages and pensions that allow them to live decently throughout the year and not in just one period of the year,” said the Secretary-General of the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers — National Interunion (CGTP-IN), at a press conference, where the “Revindicative Policy” of the trade union central for 2027 was presented.
In this way, the trade union central will “continue to insist” on an increase in wages of at least 15%, with a minimum of 150 euros, for all workers and demand that the minimum wage increase from the current 920 euros to 1,100 euros from January 2027.
Tiago Oliveira signaled that the value foreseen in the tripartite agreement falls “too far short” of the real needs of workers to meet “all expenses” and considered that the bar proposed by CGTP “is possible”.
“The average wage weight in companies is around 16% (...) What crushes companies is not wages are many other factors,” he said when asked about whether business confederations are available to review the trajectory of the national minimum wage.
The tripartite agreement in force provides that, in 2027, the Minimum Guaranteed Monthly Remuneration (RMMG) rises to EUR 970 and, in 2028, to EUR 1,020.
Nevertheless, following the legislative elections of 18 May 2025, in the government program, the executive set a new target to cover the entire legislature, pointing out as an objective that the minimum guaranteed remuneration would reach 1,100 gross per month in 2029.
The theme should be discussed over the coming weeks with the social partners, and a meeting of the Standing Committee on Social Concertation (CPCS) is scheduled for next week.
Asked on Monday about a possible high-value review for 2027, the Labour Minister stated that “what is on the table is the achievement of the goal” provided for in the agreement and signaled that “there would have to be a new agreement for that goal to be changed”.
The government “will not change it unilaterally,” he stressed.