Federations call for negotiations on new agreement in state sector

(October 2016) The ST trade union has negotiated a new collective agreement covering around 100000 workers in the state sector. It provides for pay increases of 2.2% in the year to 30 September 2017. There are other important elements regarding working conditions including action to deal with stress and violence at work and special measures to provide support for overworked managers.

The collective agreement covering the state sector has been extended for a year but the public service federation FSC-CCOO is calling for negotiations on pay and for the government to ensure it complies fully with the existing agreement. The salary increase for 2022 has been imposed by the government and set at 2%. FSC-CCOO says this is inadequate and is demanding a salary review clause linked to inflation. The federation is also calling for a number of elements of the agreement to be properly and fully implemented including provisions covering partial retirement, complementary pay (€5.6

Public service federations, including FeSP-UGT and FSC-CCOO, have taken further steps in implementing the collective agreement covering public administration that covers a wide range of important issues including digitalisation, attracting talent, guaranteeing the 35-hour week, professional classification, partial retirement and equality plans. The second meeting of the committee that monitors implementation of the agreement focused on payment of the additional 1.5% pay rise and the re-establishment of rights cut during the austerity period. There were specific discussions on the timeline to