The union of workers of the CGD group companies, STEC, has published information received from the administration of Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD), announcing that the bank intends to further cut costs and close 23 more branches during August, with more frequency in the Lisbon and Porto areas .
The union warns that with this closure there will be an “inevitable congestion” of other branches in these areas, pointing out that even now they are having difficulty responding to services and recalling that from 2012 to 2022 they left CGD more than 3,300 workers and 300 branches were closed in Portugal.
STEC points to the government’s statement that it “cannot abdicate its responsibility for territorial integrity” and that “it is essential that the state defines the strategic direction that the bank must take, namely its responsibilities in terms of the public interest “. … and the needs of the population, guaranteeing them a service of proximity and quality.”
