The Cascais Miragem Hotel announced the dismissal of a total of 177 workers, with 142 permanent employees and 35 fixed-term contractors. The Union of Workers in the Hotel Industry, Tourism, Restaurants and Similar Services of the South urged the affected workers to challenge the dismissals in court, considering that "the collective dismissal has no legal basis" and that it amounts to "a dismissal without just cause, disguised as a collective dismissal".
The dismissal is due to the closure of the hotel unit for structural works starting November 1st, with a minimum duration of two years. The hotel's general director, José Branco, confirmed to the Lula news agency that "the only solution that is legally possible is collective dismissal", arguing that it is impossible to keep workers without them performing duties for such an extended period.
The union revealed that it had presented to management "various proposals and alternatives to avoid collective dismissal or, at least, reduce its impact", but that the company "rejected the solutions presented". The union structure highlighted that an investment of approximately 80 million euros is planned for the renovation of the Cascais Miragem Hotel Health & SPA, arguing that "it is unacceptable that a project of this magnitude be realized at the workers' expense".
The Cascais Miragem Hotel, opened in 2005, was acquired in 2025 by the Spanish group constituted by Ibervalles and ARD Investment & Development for approximately 125 million euros. The mayor of Cascais committed to intervening with the Spanish administrators. On Thursday, the union will hold a protest action in front of the hotel's clients, while workers meet in a general assembly, with the presence of the Secretary-General of CGTP-IN, Tiago Oliveira.
