Pedro Santos Rita is a lawyer, graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (2006), and is currently preparing his final thesis for a Master's degree in Philosophy of the State at the same Faculty. He began his legal practice at the law firm Jardim, Sampaio, Magalhães e Silva & Associados, Lisbon, where he remained until 2010. For several years he has provided legal advice to the SNTCT – National Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers and since 2018 he has occasionally collaborated with the SJ – Journalists' Union. Also in the field of labor issues, he has organized debates and participated in the publication of articles in associative and informal settings. A member of the CoLABOR team since March 2021, he has worked on issues of job insecurity, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on labor legislation.

pedro.rita@colabor.pt