Secretary of Defense to hear military associations on salary increase and career review

The secretary of defense said Thursday that she would soon be holding consultations with military associations over a pay raise and a career review, adding that the raise in question would be in line with the outcome of negotiations in the public administration.

This position was stated by Helena Carreiras at a press conference at the end of the Council of Ministers after being asked about the existence or absence of wage negotiations in the national defense sector.

“Of course, associations will be consulted in due course and a meeting is held where one can express one’s expectations in the context of salary increases and ultimately future work that can be developed in terms of career revision. “, he replied.

In the presence of journalists, the Minister of Defense noted that “the increases under consideration are in line with those being negotiated for the civil service.”

“Concrete negotiations will be the subject of meetings, I don’t have a specific date yet. But I want to calm the associations. As always, from the very beginning we will be very happy to listen to them and talk with them. continue this joint work to increase wages, in this case, and military careers,” he said.

According to the version presented this Thursday by Helena Carreiras at a press conference following the meeting of the Council of Ministers, during the last meeting of the Parliamentary Defense Committee, which she attended, she “clearly mentioned the negotiations that are underway within the scope of public administration”, and not specifically in your sector.