The strike they have been holding for more than two months has led to the suspension of more than 5,500 court cases in the Basque Country, in particular some 2,400 in Bizkaia, more than 1,800 in Álava and more than 1,300 in Gipuzkoa.
The strike committee of the lawyers of the Administration of Justice this Tuesday called off the indefinite strike that started on January 24 after the signing of an agreement with the government of Spain that salary increase between 430 and 450 euros gross per month for every official.
The strike, which they have been holding out for more than two months, has Suspension of more than 5,500 trials in Euskadinotably about 2,400 in Bizkaia, over 1,800 in Álava, and over 1,300 in Gipuzkoa.
“We all have a bittersweet feeling, because to reach this agreement, both sides had to give up important aspects,” said Juan José Yáñez, spokesman for the strikers and member of the Unión Progresista de Letrados (UPSJ), one of the three union callers. of the strike He has, however, acknowledged that “it was the right thing to do at the moment”.
In a nearly two-hour meeting this morning with the Secretary General for Innovation and Quality of Public Justice, Manuel Olmedo, and with the Secretary of State for Public Functions, Lidia Sánchez Milán, the strike committee “to the last commaof the final document.
Agreement Keys
Through this agreement, the sine qua non of which is the immediately call off the strikedo the lawyers give up the claim that they made their flag during these more than two months of unemployment, the so-called down payment clausefor which they asked that their salary be compared to that of judges and prosecutors to never charge less than 85% with respect to these two legal operators.
In return, there will be a gradual increase of between 430 and 450 euros gross per month, depending on the different levels and functions, which will begin to receive when the two Royal Decrees governing the remuneration of lawyers are amended.
The text also does not contain another request from the lawyers, which remains “pending”: to reduce populations so that officials of small municipalities do not charge less than those of larger ones.
Provincial lawyers’ assemblies decided by a majority (76% of the vote in favour) yesterday Monday to accept this agreement proposed by the Ministry of Justice, although the strike committee has indicated that it was working on the final document until dawn and justice sources have confessed that the company has been in danger until the last moment.
Source: EITB
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