Federations want reversal of cuts to pay and conditions

The public services federation FSP-UGT has launched a campaign to re-establish the 35-hour week across the public sector and win back other rights lost a result of austerity policies. The union believes that in the context of economic and political changes it is a good time to try to win back lost rights and negotiate improvements for public sector workers who have seen four years of pay freezes and a loss of more than 9% in purchasing power. Meanwhile the FSC-CCOO federation has attacked the government for failing to begin a process of collective bargaining to negotiate over lost rights to pay and conditions. Furthermore, the union argues that the government is refusing to acknowledge all the cuts imposed on public sector workers.
Read more at > FSP-UGT (ES)
And at > FSC-CCOO (ES)

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