The Government refuses to talk about the salary increase for civil servants and the unions reject their job offer

• Collective bargaining Unions and employers break for an immediate agreement on wages that face inflation

• Macro table The Government plans to raise the salary of public employees in accordance with inflation in 2023

Public Function met yesterday with the unions to begin the negotiation of the public employment offer for next year, and the representatives of the civil servants took advantage of the occasion to present to the Government their demands for salary improvement.

The result was doubly negative for the interests of public workers because, first, the initial figure indicated by the Executive for new positions

;

and, second, because the Ministry headed by María Jesús Montero

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Union sources explain to this newspaper that, although it is an initial meeting and that they expect the talks to last until next week, "they are not satisfied" with the numbers outlined and this first offer is "

" from the needs that presents the General Administration of the State (AGE).

And those needs, as pointed out this week by the Central Independent Trade Union and Civil Servants (CSIF), are based on the initial statement that the AGE "

over the last ten years, as a result of the policies of cutout".

In addition, the union continued, "the staff are very old, in such a way that 20% of the personnel of the ministries are over 60 years old and are on the verge of retirement, while 62% are over 50 ».

All this, the union warned, "places

areas such as Social Security or SEPE in

As far as the salary question is concerned, the representatives of the civil servants wanted to deal with the issue taking advantage of the breakdown of the negotiations that took place in the private sphere between unions and employers.

And they did so because the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, pointed out last April that the possible Agreement for Employment and Collective Bargaining (AENC)

.

But the response from the Civil Service was simply that it "

to" talk about that point, and that it will be dealt with later.

When?

The Ministry did not offer any figure, although the unions point out that it could be in the summer, linking this negotiation to the possible accounts for next year.

The Executive, in addition, collected in the Stability Program that it sent to Brussels that "from 2023 and subsequent years,

for the entire period contemplated."

That is, salary increases are linked to inflation, although it is stated in a very vague way.

Cumulative Power Loss

These lines, however, are not at all sufficient for the unions, since they denounce that officials have

since 2010, which in 2022 has only worsened.

The salary improvement this year was 2%, far from the 7% average inflation that is expected.

For this reason, officials want salary increases, not only in 2023 but in the coming years, to go beyond inflation.

And they also demand a negotiation with the Civil Service, something that has not occurred since Pedro Sánchez arrived in Moncloa.

But the Government's repeated denials and postponements no longer cause

among public workers.

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