The Treasury and public service unions will meet this Wednesday to begin salary negotiations for three million public workers
The government is considering offering unions a 3.5% pay increase for civil servants by 2023, and is considering other formulas to compensate them for runaway inflation this year, according to several sources close to negotiations.
The goal pursued by the unions, and which the Treasury seems to share, is to reach a multi-year deal that, over the cycle, will compensate civil servants for the rise in inflation.
In fact, the same sources point out that the Treasury is considering a two-year deal (2023 and 2024), but with the option of revising civil servants’ salaries before the end of the year to partially compensate them for the price rebound.
At the beginning of this year, civil servants received a 2% pay increase and inflation continues to hit double digits (10.5% in August). That is why a possible wage increase for this year is being investigated, at the request of the unions, who also want retroactive effect.
In any case, the Civil Service unions are waiting for the Ministry led by María Jesús Montero to elaborate their proposal at the General Council meeting this afternoon, scheduled for 4.30 pm.
CC OO, UGT and CSIF also have other claims with a view to reaching agreement with the government, such as the introduction of the 35-hour day -to which the College could open the door-, improvement of promotion and professional classification , of the fees due to service; the development and updating of the basic statute of public employment; changes in equality regulations, the extension of early retirement to all civil servants and the repeal of the austerity measures introduced in the public sector from 2010 onwards.
To achieve these goals, the unions have been mobilizing for months and have even threatened to go on strike (in the case of CCOO) if a salary agreement with the government in the field of Public Services was not met.
Source: La Verdad
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