PSP leaders sent 2,300 “demotivational letters” to the Interior Ministry (MVD) this Thursday to demonstrate that they feel “disrespected, ignored, discriminated against and even humiliated” and to explain the issues that affect them, such as their careers.
The National Union of Career Chiefs (SNCC) of the Public Safety Police took advantage of this Thursday’s meeting with Interior Minister Isabelle Oneto to deliver 2,300 letters, a number that represents all police officers of that rank. .
Union president Rui Amaral told Lusa that the letters were delivered to MAI and the secretary of state did not address them, and the meeting was limited to issues that were on the agenda and discussed with other structures. namely safety, hygiene and health in the workplace and changes in the paid work regime.
“We will wait for the interior minister’s statement,” Rui Amaral said, given that there are more serious issues affecting police officers such as promotions and allowances.
The PSP bosses demand “respect, attention, dignity and promotion”, with the union president understanding that the PSP boss can be at the same level of “25 years without promotion”.
Rui Amaral explained that the PSP’s professional charter states that after eight years, a boss can be promoted to head boss, but “they can be in that category for 25 years.”
“The possibility of automatic promotion (which continues to exist in other power structures and services) was also banned, which, by managerial choice, led to stagnation in the careers of superiors,” reads the letter delivered to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which also contains a warning about the fact that that most PSP bosses have to wait an average of 25 years for promotion to a higher category, even if they meet all the required requirements.
“Because in the same period the officer is promoted from the position of Deputy Commissioner to the position of Superintendent,” the letter says, which lists eight points as major obstacles to the category’s future.
The union also regrets that the right to become a police officer was taken away from the bosses, as well as the “opportunity at the age of 55 and 36 years in the service to switch to a pre-retirement position.”
For SNCC, the message is meant to “symbolically and once again demonstrate the reality of PSP CEOs, how they feel “demotivated, disrespected, ignored, discriminated against and even humiliated”.
“We believe it’s time to do something for the PSP bosses,” the letter underscores, which the bosses titled “letter of demotivation.”
As part of the social dialogue that MAI launched on Monday with the PSP unions, Isabelle Oneto met this Thursday afternoon with the union of leaders, the union of police professionals and the union of the national police.
In a statement released after the meetings, the Ministry of Internal Affairs says that the meetings considered issues related to the regime of paid work and the rules of safety, hygiene and occupational health.
“With regard to paid work, Isabelle Oneto explained that the government’s initiative to update the amount of pay per hour of paid work also involves the creation of a single pay table, regardless of the type of service provided,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The ministry also indicates that it was agreed to hold “meetings every two months to gradually achieve results on various issues.”
The Secretary of State will meet on the appointed date with the public and professional associations representing the National Republican Guard.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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