Leonel Nunes, former PCP/Madeira deputy, died at age 76

O former deputy of the CFP in the Parliament of Madeira Leonel Nunes died at the age of 76, today indicated the regional structure of the party, highlighting its commitment to the protection of workers.

The CFP/Madeira expresses its “feeling regret” to the family and friends of the former national leader of the CFP, a man with courage and “ability of political-union militancy in favor of building a more just society”.

Leonel Nunes was a member of the Central Committee of the CFP between 1992 and 2015 and was a trade union leader of the hotel industry and a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, elected by the CDU.

He was also a candidate in legislative, regional and local elections and was elected to the Funchal Municipal Assembly in 1989.

The lawsuit surrounding his dismissal from the Reid’s Hotel, where he worked, was “one of the most striking episodes of his life,” the Communists stress.

After “a long judicial battle”, for nearly 18 years, Leonel Nunes was eventually reinstated as a receptionist at the hotel.

“The case has become a reference in the history of Portuguese trade unionism and labor law,” the party points out.

The president of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Rubina Leal, expressed regret over the death of Leonel Nunes, in a note published in the official ‘site’ of the island parliament, highlighting that her “course of civic, political and trade union intervention was linked to the defense of workers’ rights and civic participation” in the region.

Also the PS/Madeira and the JPP issued notes of regret for the death of the former Communist leader.