Justice agrees to an increase of up to 250 euros per month for officials who depend on the Ministry

The Ministry of Justice announced this Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with the unions to raise the salary up to 250 euros per month in 2025 for judicial officials who work in the central bodies and communities that have not been transferred the management of Justice. . That is, Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Murcia, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, as well as the Supreme Court, the National Court, the Prosecutor's Office, the central courts, the Civil Registry and the National Institute of Toxicology.

The salary increase will affect some 12,000 public employees, according to calculations by the CSIF union, which has signed this agreement with the department headed by Félix Bolaños. UGT has also signed it. The increase will not affect, therefore, the total of 45,000 officials who work in judicial offices throughout the country, which has led other organizations such as CCOO not to sign what they describe as “gross.”

In a statement, Justice affirms that the agreement “is framed in the new efficiency laws” and details that the increase in their remuneration will take place through specific supplements and will be carried out in a staggered and progressive manner in the years 2024 and 2025. In addition, the agreement includes the convening of the delegated board within a period of three months “to improve conditions in matters such as the reduction of temporary employment, the appointment of reinforcement personnel, training and health protection in the job”.

In Justice they affirm that this pact “puts an end to negotiations that had been blocked for some time and ensures that all efforts in matters of Justice focus from now on the important transformations that the Executive is promoting.” In CSIF they defend that the agreement is “comparable” to those that have been reached in Madrid, Asturias or in the Basque Country or like the one that is being negotiated in Catalonia.

However, the agreement has not been well received by organizations such as CCOO, which warn that they will not allow themselves to be “manipulated” by the Ministry and “will maintain the conflict.” This organization intended that the increase would occur through an increase in the so-called general complement of the position, which is what is charged equally in all areas of competence.

Judicial officers have been mobilizing for a year to demand better work and pay. In recent months, they have accused Justice officials of “classism” due to the “comparative grievance” that implies that they agreed to salary increases with lawyers, judges and prosecutors – officials of group A1, with higher salaries – while still not reaching a agreement for the 45,000 officials who are in charge of serving the public and other key matters in the courts – such as registering and processing documents or notifying proceedings and sentences – and whose salaries are much lower. This mobilization even included an intermittent strike for two and a half months.