On Monday, the Justice Minister canceled a meeting with prison guard unions scheduled for Wednesday to present counterproposals for the mission addition, with a new date yet to be set.
Notice of the cancellation of the meeting was sent today by the National Union of Prison Guards (SNCGP) to its members in a letter to which Lusa had access, stating that the meeting on the 8th will be rescheduled and remains scheduled for the meeting on the 16th previously scheduled for last week there was a meeting between Justice Minister Rita Alarcao Judice and representatives of the prison guards’ union.
“At this point, the cancellation of the meeting is a matter of concern because we started a round of negotiations where we were going to increase the salaries of prison guard personnel through a mission annex and the minister canceled the meeting without giving a date,” the leader said. from SNCGP told Lusa Frederico Morais.
At last week’s meeting, a meeting was scheduled for late Wednesday afternoon so that the three unions representing the class – SNCGP, the Union Prison Guard Chiefs’ Association and the Independent Prison Guard Union – could present their counter-proposal for the creation of a risk premium, classifying offering guardianship as “humiliating” to guardians, even representing loss of wages.
On Friday, Minister Rita Alarcan Giudice presented to these unions the same proposal that was already made to the GNR and PSP unions by the Ministry of Internal Administration on Thursday, which includes a raise of 12% for commissioners and 9% for managers. and 7% for security guards.
“As the Minister said, there is an urgent and urgent need to resolve the problem of the prison guard authority and the prison guard authority does not have time to wait to solve the problems. We would be grateful if the Minister would make an appointment as soon as possible. It is possible to discuss serious issues that affect the lives of people who are concerned about the penitentiary system and the security of Portuguese prisons,” said Frederico Morais.