In three months, the government has already signed agreements with several professional sectors of the state and promised to extend the salary increase to the entire public administration.
In May, seven trade unions came to an agreement with the Executive. Restoration of frozen length of service of teachers for career advancement purposes. The diploma approved on Thursday by the Council of Ministers provides for the restoration of the length of service frozen during the intervention of the “troika” – six years, six months and 23 days – by an average of 25% per year between 2024 and 2027, reaching a “historic level of restoration and a historic agreement”, said the Minister of the Presidency, António Leitão Amaro.
The Union of Court Servants, which represents 87% of court secretariat and public ministry professionals, reached an agreement with the Justice Ministry in June to improve the subsidy for damages for pending cases. The government began by proposing to set it at 10% of 11 months’ salary, but increased the offer to 13.5% of 12 months’ salary, ending a turbulent few months in the courts.
This was followed in July by an agreement between the Interior Ministry and three PSP unions and two GNR associations to increase the mission supplement by €300 from the current €100 to €400, paid in stages until 2026, while maintaining a variable amount of 20% of the base salary. The understanding came days after Prime Minister Luis Montenegro warned that the government would not invest “a cent more” in the proposal.
Eight trade union structures did not sign what was considered a “semi-agreement” among those who did. Instead, the Prime Minister called the increase “the largest salary increase ever” for the PSP and GNR. Interior Minister Margarida Blasco also called it “the largest increase in the history of democracy for the security forces.”
The next day it was the prison guards’ turn, to whom Justice Minister Rita Alarcan Judices presented an identical proposal to supplement the mission. All three unions initialed the agreement.
Following the NATO summit in the United States, Luis Montenegro announced that the government would now begin talks with the military to update remuneration and aim to extend career recognition to the entire public administration, “without jeopardizing the balance of public accounts.”
Author: Miguel Bravo Morais This Sara Reis Teixeira
Source: CM Jornal
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