CSIF predicts a hot autumn if the Government continues "condemning" officials to lose purchasing power

The union regrets the lack of will of the Executive to negotiate a new salary agreement

June 22 () –

The Independent Trade Union and Civil Servants Central (CSIF) has warned the Government that there could be “a hot autumn”, with more mobilizations or other types of measures, with the aim of achieving salary improvements for public employees and that they are not ” condemned” to continue losing purchasing power.

Specifically, the union has asked for a change on the part of the Government, and for it to show a true willingness to negotiate, instead of being “more entertained” with the pacts with its partners since, otherwise, the mobilizations will continue. return of summer

This was expressed by the president of the union, Miguel Borra, in an interview this Saturday on the RTVE channel 24 Horas, collected by Europa Press, in which he showed his rejection of the 2.5% salary increase for civil servants for this year and the Public Employment Offer (OEP) of 2024 proposed by the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Service, which consists of a total of 40,121 positions.

Regarding the first point, which will be taken to the Council of Ministers this Tuesday, Borra has regretted that the increase is “meager” and “not at all sufficient”, condemning public employees to continue losing purchasing power, as has already been happening in previous years. .

Furthermore, he has criticized that this measure comes six months late since, although it will be applied retroactively, it has not been confirmed until this past Friday by the unions. For CSIF, the solution lies in a new salary agreement, which prevents public employees from continuing to accumulate losses.

On the other hand, the union center has focused on the “job insecurity” that occurs in the public administration, and believes that it will not be solved with the offer of more than 40,000 public places in 2024 that has been known this week.

Given the current scenario, in which more than 30% of the workforce is precarious, according to Borra, an authentic human resources plan is required that ends the scourge of temporary employment.

“The offer seems insufficient to us, and it does not address the real problems of the general administration of the State, with a very aged staff. We need an offer that breaks with the trend of recent years and that, to begin with, involves eliminating the replacement,” said the head of CSIF.

For the moment, despite the salary agreement announced last Friday, CSIF maintains the mobilization scheduled for June 27 in front of the Ministry of Finance. This concentration, as they justify, is not only to demand a salary increase, but also to demand better working conditions, the implementation of pending reforms, as well as the improvement of the offer of public employment.