Portugal
The FESAP public services union federation has set out its main negotiating demands for 2006. It is looking for a 3.5% in increase in pay and pensions. It is also calling for an opening clause in the negotiations in case inflation is higher than expected. The federation argues that public sector workers have seen their purchasing power fall by 8% since 2000.
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Public administration unions in the FCSFP federation are calling for a 5.5% increase for 2006 and a minimum increase of €50 to help lower paid workers. The unions argue that workers in public administration have seen their purchasing power fall by 5% since 2000 as pay increases have fallen below inflation. Read more at > STAL
The FNV trade union has started a series of actions in support of its pay claim for 110000 civil servants. The union is demanding an increase of 3.5% with a minimum guarantee of EUR 1000. The FNV argues that prime minster Mark Rutte has already called for a wage rise across the economy but Minister of the Interior, Kasja Ollongren, denies that there is any money for a pay rise for civil servants despite the long-term pay freeze they suffered. In the first of a number of initiatives the FNV organised a demonstration of prison workers in Utrecht and handed over their collective bargaining
