They have got nowhere. Management in Lisbon have refused point blank to even talk to Portuguese union representatives.
In the last few days union representatives from the US have come forward in the NJE crew forum but things have a long, long way to go. You can be certain NJE management will resist with everything they have.
NJE is not a happy company. The 'improvements' referred to by Erik are just a wish list at the moment with no promises from the company.
Be extremely careful.