Public employees mobilize en masse against the Government due to the lack of staff and salaries

• Officials will lose their position if they "continuously" suspend the new government performance tests

Public

have started the month of January with

from

Although the circumstances are disparate,

: the pandemic exposed the weaknesses of a public sector that does not have

to undertake a growing volume of work and its employees, in addition to being saturated, feel

CSIF

, the majority union of civil servants and labor personnel, detected in 2020 that the Administration had a

who, in their opinion, should be covered within a period of three years -ending in 2023- to which they added around

in a period of ten years to be standardized to the European standards of professionals per number of patients.

"The effects of the pandemic have highlighted the

, which have been

in areas such as health and educational centers, the Public State Employment Service (SEPE), Social Security or the Administration of Justice, due to the increase in the volume of files," denounces CSIF.

From December 2020 to December 2022, the number of public employees registered with Social Security has grown by

according to affiliation data that coincides with that of the EPA.

The Public Administration, Defense and Social Security has gained 63,805 employees

Education, 33,729 teachers;

and Health, 7,381 professionals, but these net incorporations (the gain of workers in each sector discounting those who have been lost due to retirement) are not enough for the employees or their union representatives.

Work inspection

The

has been the last group to join the protests with a

in all Spanish cities, prior to the

to protest because the Government has breached the agreement signed in July 2021 in the who promised to solve the serious shortage of personnel and the lack of professional career in the organization that leads many inspectors to abandon their work -through a plan to reward the performance and activity of the staff endowed with 6 million euros-.

Currently there are about 2,200 active inspection workers and another 800 support staff;

that is, the Labor Inspectorate falls on a staff of

while there are 20 million Social Security affiliates, 1.4 million companies and 10 million pensioners.

Despite the fact that 200 new positions have been filled with interim staff, before competitive examinations were launched to fill the vacancies, this "has not prevented the situation of the Inspectorate from continuing to worsen day by day, with

The The Ministry of Labor and Social Economy has to stop launching triumphalist messages and undertake structural solutions

"warn the unions, who also regret that in 2022 20% of the Inspection budget has not been executed.

Social Security

Social

is also on the warpath due to the

, which translates into a

and citizens not served in all communities, endless queues and delays in the granting of benefits -such as sick leave by birth or the Minimum Vital Income-.

According to CSIF calculations, this body has a

In the final stretch of last year, there were already concentrations in Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona, ​​and this Friday they will resume again in

.

"It is expected that within five years

, and in 10 years an additional 36.08%, that is, almost two thirds of the current workforce, so the organization will collapse. The Ministry intends to meet the needs with the upcoming hiring of

staff, a removable staff that

Meanwhile, the resolution of a macro contest with 12,000 participants for almost 8,000 places is now compromised and without resolution date to be published", they lament from CSIF.

"We are mobilizing for the

of the Social Security Managing Entities and the unstoppable deterioration of the public service that we offer", they prop up from the

They complain that their working conditions "have worsened substantially" and that the positions are not classified according to their actual levels of responsibility, the endowments are insufficient, the positions are filled mostly by commissions, there is no professional career and the commitments acquired in the agreements are only fulfilled in the part that is convenient for the Administration.

SEPE

The State Public Employment Service (

) is another of the organizations that has suffered the most in the last three years due to the lack of

deficiencies that were especially highlighted with the management of the flood of Regulation Files Temporary Employment (ERTE) during the pandemic.

In the last decade, SEPE has

and, although

all of them

, with which the workforce cannot cope.

They manage more than 47 subsidies and in some of the provinces there are

and recognition of a benefit.

Although in the last extraordinary Public Job Offer 926 interims were hired, CSIF calculates that it would

.

The Government's plans go through transforming SEPE into a new Spanish Employment Agency, one of the commitments of the Recovery Plan, but this "will not solve the problems of this body if it is not linked to an increase in the workforce and technological innovation" , they warn from CSIF.

Tax agency

The lack of personnel in the Tax Agency (AEAT) amounts to

which makes it

warns CSIF.

The Government "has blocked the negotiation of different issues regarding working conditions, such as updating salaries, professional career, mobility or performance evaluation, despite the fact that an agreement was signed in 2007 that contemplated it. In addition, it restricts the possibility of taking advantage of remote work", he laments.

This union has filed an

for inactivity, so that it publishes once and for all the Royal Decree that develops teleworking in the General State Administration.

"In the specific case of the Tax Agency, it has not been negotiated within the framework of the measures on energy saving, the days are imposed and in many departments it is only allowed to perform one day in this modality of work," they point out.

Health

In addition to the agencies of the AGE mentioned, the

has also risen up against political leaders due to the

, the saturation of

, the increase in

and the lack of

, something that the citizens of all communities suffer directly.

Strikes and stoppages have already been announced in Andalusia, Madrid, Catalonia, Navarra, Extremadura and the Valencian Community.

"

the shortages due to the lack of investment and the deficit of professionals. According to data from the Social Security,

Therefore, a human resources plan is urgent", they demand. They also ask for an improvement in working conditions (both in terms of hours and salaries) to avoid the departure of professionals from the sector to other countries. They calculate that for Spain to be On the European average, it would need 130,000 nurses -a group that calls itself feminine-, 44,000 nursing assistants, 9,500 Primary Care doctors, 1,250 midwives and 1,100 pediatricians, to which 176,000 professionals (clinical psychologists, physiotherapists or social workers would have to be added). ).

Justice

To these groups, the malaise in Justice is added.

The National Association of Justice Administration Lawyers (CNLAJ), the Progressive Union of Justice Administration Lawyers (UPSJ) and the Independent Association of Justice Administration Lawyers (AINLAJ) have announced an

, which translates into practice in the first strike of court clerks.

"In the almost forty-five years of democracy, the Rule of Law in our country had never known an indefinite strike by lawyers from the Administration of Justice", they have proclaimed.

This group complains that

while

.

They denounce that they reached an agreement with the Minister of Justice, Pilar Llop, but that it has not been fulfilled.

"The adequacy of the law has remained at

and not an 'incomparable increase'. But what we see in our payrolls cannot be hidden, no matter how much they even make endless mistakes.

and, above all, the

for a body of higher rank (A1) in the Administration of Justice, and under whose responsibility the operation of any court or tribunal is energized,

. Called indefinite strike will inevitably

", they threaten.

The government's response

Faced with the growing discontent, the Government reacts by referring to the new

that is in negotiation with the unions and that is not convincing at the moment.

Both parties have already met, and next Thursday they will do so again, but it seems difficult for them to reach a satisfactory agreement because

.

"Because it cuts rights, lacks a budget and does not specify the regulatory development," they explain from CSIF and because it contains specific measures that they do not like at all.

Probably the most remarkable:

that can even cause an official to be demoted from a position and lose part of his salary due to poor performance, maladjustment or lack of capacity.

Union sources estimate that this measure

since its entry into force would not take place until 6 months after its publication in the BOE, to which must be added the one-year period that is given for further development. the parliamentary process.

In any case, union representatives will continue to push to eliminate or modify this measure, although the commitment to develop it is also clear in the Public Service.

Another point of contention is

, in which the unions do agree but not associations such as the Treasury Inspectors.

In his opinion, the requirements to access level A1, which is where the highest positions in the Administration are found, are reduced.

The Inspectors denounce that in addition to impoverishing the public service, this measure will allow the Government to give access to these positions to people close to them.

"Politicize the Public Function", they affirm.

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