Portugal's public service workers are angry and on the march.<br/> They're outraged by next year's budget which suspends holiday and year-end bonuses for civil servants and will push up taxes.<br/> SOUNDBITE: Mario Nogueira, head of FENPROF teachers' union, saying (Portuguese):<br/> "First of all we are against the way civil servants in the public administration are being attacked in Porgual, against the daily robberies perpetrated on workers on a daily basis, taking their salaries, bonuses and working conditions and even their future prospects. This protest is one of many that will happen in 2012."<br/> The protesters descended on the finance ministry carrying a coffin with photos of the ruling coalition leaders inside.<br/> The government is unlikely to change course now.<br/> Portugal is the third euro zone country to seek a bailout after Greece and Ireland.<br/> It's trying to slash its budget deficit from nearly 10 per cent last year to just under six per cent to tackle its debt problems.<br/> Paul Chapman, Reuters
