• Public Function.Sanchez exploits the last legacy of Montoro: approves the salary increase of the officials that agreed the PP

The officials want to close a "legislature agreement" with the Government to, in addition to "increasing the current volume of public employment," agree new salary increases "above the real CPI . " And for this, from the Federation of employees of public services of UGT propose to continue "exploring" the model of "a fixed part and other variables linked to the evolution of the economy."

Just a week after the Council of Ministers approved precisely the increase of at least 2%, the representatives of public workers already raise their requests for the next agreement given that the current multi-year plan expires in the current year. Thanks to this 2018-2020 plan, from UGT they estimate that officials have already gained 2.7% of purchasing power, and their forecast is that at the end of the year the increase will be "more than 4% ".

The final rise will depend on the growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as well as whether Spain is able to meet the deficit target. Last year, for example, officials received an additional 0.25% increase in mid-year thanks to the growth of the economy, and although the growth-related part seems very complicated at present, they could receive the one that depends on the budget deviation. And this scheme is what officials want to repeat.

" We trust that this Government will be more sensitive than the previous ones and we have to take advantage of these economic winds that look good, " Julio Lacuerda, UGT General Secretary of Public Services, Julio Lacuerda, said this morning despite a media meeting. that the 2018-2020 agreement was closed with the Executive of Mariano Rajoy. In fact, the salary improvement of the officials was a personal commitment of the former Minister of Finance and Public Function, Cristóbal Montoro, although union representatives always accused him of keeping public salaries frozen during the worst years of the crisis.

The objective of UGT is to convene "very soon" the monitoring table of the agreement that is in force, the one indicated 2018-2020, to check if they have developed not only the salary increases but the agreements on matters of calls that were also signed. And the following, explains Lacuerda, will be to start negotiations with the Executive to propose and try to approve that "legislature agreement".

More public employment

In this process, in addition to the salary increase, UGT will propose "increasing the volume of employment, generating quality net public employment and reducing the temporary employment rate". For this, officials want to introduce, for example, the "mandatory for Public Administrations to convene in the first quarter of each year their offer of public employment, reducing the development period from 3 years to 18 months"; the repeal of the provisions of the Workers' Statute "referring to the collective dismissal of labor personnel"; or the "suppression of the replacement rate of troops in all sectors and areas".

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Public Function Sanchez exploits the last legacy of Montoro: approves the salary increase of the officials that agreed the PP

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