The

Independent Trade Union and Civil Servants Central

(CSIF) has called a demonstration in Madrid this Saturday "for a fair salary increase, against social impoverishment and the deterioration of public services."

Despite the fact that this week the Ministry of Finance has summoned the unions to begin next Wednesday the negotiation of salaries in public administrations within the framework of the next

General State Budgets

, CSIF has decided to continue with the mobilization in the face of the situation current economic situation and the lack of effectiveness of the Government's measures.

The demonstration began at 12 noon in the Carrera de San Jerónimo, next to the Congress of Deputies, until it ended in the Paseo del Prado.

From there it will continue until it concludes at approximately 2:00 p.m. with the speech that the president of CSIF,

Miguel Borra

, will deliver in the Plaza de Colón.

Workers from all over Spain, both from the public and private sectors

, are summoned to this protest

, who will travel to Madrid in hundreds of buses chartered free of charge by the union, as reported in a statement.

"The demonstration is open to all citizens and constitutes a cry of social protest against social impoverishment, for a fair salary increase, for a decent retirement and for the quality of public services", they have stressed from CSIF.

UPDATE PUBLIC SALARIES IN 2022 RETROACTIVELY

Specifically, CSIF requires the Government to update public salaries in 2022, retroactively, to recover the purchasing power lost this year

in line with the measure adopted by France last July

.

In addition, they demand a multi-year salary increase agreement that allows progress to be made in

recovering the purchasing power of public employees,

which has been diminished since 2010, and they ask the Government to engage in a transparent and objective debate on the future of pensions.

They also call for the implementation of effective economic measures to help workers combat the "disproportionate" rise in the price of the shopping basket, electricity and energy, and urge the Executive to guarantee quality public services providing both the necessary material and human resources.

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