The CGTP celebrations in Lisbon begin in the morning with the 1.º de Maio international race, starting and finishing at the 1.º de Maio Stadium. And from 2:30 pm, the trade union center will promote the traditional parade between Martim Moniz and Alameda D. Afonso Henriques, where at the end there will be a rally with the new general secretary of the trade union center, Tiago Oliveira, who succeeded to Isabel Camarinha in February.
A demonstration is also planned in Porto, in the early afternoon, on Avenida dos Aliados.
The union center celebrations also take place throughout the country, covering, according to the published program, Azores, Aveiro, Beja, Braga, Bragança, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Évora, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Madeira, Santarém, Setúbal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real and Viseu, with demonstrations, popular festivals and sporting events.
The UGT union center is celebrating May 1st this year in Vila Real, in Praça do Município in this city of Trás-os-Montes. The initiatives are scheduled for 11:30 am, with sporting and cultural activities and, later, with interventions by political and union leaders, notably that of general secretary Mário Mourão.
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