Federations warn government on reforms and pay freeze

Six public service federations (CGT, FO, FSU, SOLIDAIRES, CFTC and CFE-CGC) have agreed a joint statement attacking the government for imposing a further year's pay freeze on public sector workers. The government has stated that it will not discuss uprating the index point (the basis on which public sector salaries are calculated) until the middle of next year. The unions argue that this will mean an unprecedented four-year freeze in pay. The federations are also critical of plans for further changes to pensions and to continuing job cuts. The organisations will meet again in September to

The FSC-CCOO public services federation has made very clear its opposition to any proposal to freeze the pay of 1.5 million public sector workers. Workers are covered by an agreement that increases pay in line with projected inflation and the federation says that it would be a big mistake to suspend any increases as this would have a negative impact on domestic demand. The union also warned against job cuts at such a crucial time when it is vital that the public sector maintains its roll in delivering services to those worst affected by the crisis. [Read more at > FSC-CCOO (ES)->http://www.fsc

Public service federations FSC-CCOO and FSP-UGT have criticised the government for announcing a further public sector pay freeze for 2015, making it five years since the last pay increase. The unions have attacked the government for failing to undertake and real bargaining over pay. The government has made a small concession on paying back part of the Christmas bonus that it denied workers in 2012 but this is only implementing a series of court rulings that went against the government in 2013 and 2014. The government has also announced a relaxation of the rule that only one in 10 workers who