Thousands of protesters filled downtown Lisbon on Saturday to demand higher wages and pensions, as well as government intervention to cap soaring food prices they say are strangling already tight budgets.
Metalworker Paula Gonçalves, 51, said people were "protesting against low wages, precariousness and for more justice" for workers.
"We, the workers, are the ones who produce, we give everything we have... and the profit is all for employers and nothing for us," she said.
