Lisbon, April 17, 2025 (Lusa) - A partial strike on Thursday of two hours per shift by workers at the Airbus Atlantic Portugal factory in Santo Tirso, in the district of Porto, saw between 90% and 100% of the unit's workforce taking part, the union that called the action told Lusa. "The news I'm getting is that the factory was at a standstill, so there was between ninety and one hundred percent adherence," Miguel Ângelo Pinto, coordinator of the Union of Workers in the Manufacturing, Energy and Environmental Industries of the North (SITE Norte) and member of the secretariat of the national board of the Inter-union Federation of the Metallurgical, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Electrical, Energy and Mining Industries (Fiequimetal), told Lusa. The union official added that the strike, which took place in two shifts between 1 and 5 p.m., was accompanied by a parade of workers in the vicinity of the factory in the Ermida Industrial Zone, who shouted slogans calling for fair pay rises for all. According to the strike notice, the workers are also demanding negotiations with the management of the subsidiary of the European multinational aircraft manufacturer, based in Toulouse, France. Pinto pointed out that the workers at this industrial unit are "highly qualified" and even have to sign 10-year terms of responsibility, due to the nature of the work - assembling components for aeroplanes. According to the union coordinator, the workers have been waiting around two months for a response from the company to their demands. "The workers want an answer, we never close the door to negotiation," he emphasised. MPE/ARO // ARO. Lusa