Unions

The present crisis situation in Portugal, with high unemployment, job benefits cuts and an overall recession should be considered the perfect fuel to enhance union power recovery in the country, reversing the years long decline in the number of associates. Still, for that to happen, unions should have gone through a major transformation years ago - the fact is the rhetorical speech without any concrete and modern proposal only undermines their position. Adding to that, the fact that the general work population doesn't trust unions, as they are seen more as a political tool for some parties than actually working and defending the interests of their associates. As so, the next few years will probably be another lost chance for Portuguese unions.