More than a thousand lawyers from the Administration of Justice (LAJ) from all over Spain – about 1,200 – marched this Thursday to the headquarters of the Ministry under his leadership. Pilar Llop Demanding the resumption of negotiations that have now stalled, after a month and a half of uncertain unemployment demanding salary improvements, the EFE news agency reported.
Ernesto Casado, member of the strike committee and president of the National College of Lawyers, said: “We want them to call on us to talk about the issue and resolve it in an organized manner and by sitting at a table in the allegations of one and the other.” , told the press (CNLAJ) is one of three associations calling for a strike.
After four unsuccessful meetings, various proposals and mutual accusations, last Tuesday was the last meeting to date between the strikers and the Ministry. Tontxu Rodríguez, Minister of State for Justiceand the Secretary General for Innovation and Quality in the Public Justice Service, Manuel Olmedo.
Therefore, the department led by Llop, email conversations, A measure that the Justice rejected because he had confirmed that he had published “any document” the lawyers had submitted, and therefore promised not to make the deliberation public, Casado said.
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nails 1,200 peopleAccording to figures from the Government Delegation, at 13.00 they wore their aprons in Plaza de Callao in Madrid and gathered on San Bernardo street in front of the Ministry of Justice to shout slogans such as: “Pilar, go out and bargain” and “to accept and not comply is lying”. A large LAJ representative from the state of Alicante joined the protest.
In this second demonstration since the strike began on January 24 and without a call to the table, Casado denounced that “everything is the same as a week ago”.
But for Justice, “the ball is in his court.” Ministry sources assured EFE that they are waiting for an explanation. “opponent’s offer” that the authorities disclosed “something different from their maximum offer”, the so-called down payment clause.
With this claim that lawyers make their flag, they demand that judges and prosecutors should never be charged less than 85%.
The same sources argue that the strikers have not “returned” since the strike began, which is “equivalent to rejecting negotiations” and making it “absurd” to restart dialogue.
According to the latest data provided by the strike committee, the strike is leaving for now. 350,000 cases Delivery is awaited, 300,000 trials suspended and around 1,000 million euros was paralyzed. The average balance of the courts’ consignment account is about to expire 6,000 million euros.
Last Monday, the minister met with lawyers and lawyers to discuss the consequences of the strike, and announcing august job rejectedstopped a rumor spreading in the profession before the traffic jam that existed in the courts.
Llop demands that lawyers be “realistic” and make new proposals. Justice claims that accepting a request for a down payment on the salaries of judges and prosecutors would mean an increase of “more than a thousand euros” per month to between 40,000 and 60,000 gross euros per officer per year.
Lawyers accuse the Ministry of accumulating new duties and workload without compensation, violating commitments it made with the group in April 2022.
“This is a matter of honor and we will not stop until we reach a fair settlement,” Casado said.
On this Wednesday, the last day of the data release, unemployment monitoring was 20.73% according to Justice and 73% according to strikers.