Workers of the House of Music begin strike three days

Oworkers of the Casa da Música, in Porto, today begin a strike of three days to demand “fair wages and worthy careers”, besides the recognition of antiquity, accusing the administration of missing the commitments made.

The strike, called by the Union of Workers of Spectacles, Audiovisual and Musicians (Cena-STE), is motivated by the lack of compliance “of the commitments made by the Board of Directors before the Scene-STE and the Workers’ Commission”, on May 7, this year, which were not “achieved in the negotiation that took place until July 2026”.

In particular, they note that the recognition of the seniority of the workers of Casa da Música, covered by the career plan established in April, has not yet been achieved “by increasing one level per year from January 2027, until the placement on the salary scale corresponds to the gain of one level for every four years of home”.

The reduction in the wage gap between the top and the base is also a claim of workers, given the change in the remuneration fixed for careers I, J and K, with increases of 8%, 12.5% and 15%, and the elimination of career L.

In plenary, in July, the workers rejected the new career plan, because the points were “below” the demand, as explained by a union leader to the newspaper Público, at the time.

When the career plan was presented in April, a strike notice was delivered, then to run from 11 to 16 May, which ended up disconcentrated on the 8th of that month, so that they could renegotiate by the end of July.

The Casa da Música receives, on the days pointed out for the strike, the Festival Floresta Amazônica.