3.4 million salary public employees It will increase by 7.5% by 2024. This is marked by the principle of agreement between the Government and the CCOO and the UGT reached this Monday afternoon that the other major participating association, the CSIF, has split. this Wage increases for the coming years, ties to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, A wage cap that leaves civil servants and other administrative workers at a loss of purchasing power, with percentages below inflation for this year and the next. In return, it commits to above-average increases for the next two years, and with that expects to soften some of this real wage loss. The talks are scheduled to officially conclude this afternoon, after the general negotiating table of public administrations convenes.
At the last meeting held last week, the Treasury raised his bet and got the CCOO and UGT glove, leaving the groundwork for a partial agreement and the only thing missing was formal approval by the highest governing bodies. The range of increase will be as follows: A retrospective 1.5% increase for this year where salaries have already increased by 2%. This extra one-and-a-half point would be paid as an ‘extra payment’ at the end of the year. In 2023 they will increase by a fixed 2.5% plus another variable point (i.e. up to 3.5%). And for 2024 the increase will be 2%, plus another half point in variables (up to 2.5%).
The first effects of this negotiation will be felt by public employees on their final payrolls this year. Treasury promises to pay some kind of ‘paguilla’ in December -added to the usual extra Christmas fee – equivalent to an increase of 1.5% retroactively for this year. For example, a three-year worker with category A1 currently earning a gross annual salary of 17,022 euros will receive an ‘extra’ of 255.3 euros.
Now the parties are polishing details beyond salary to finish closing the contract. For example, reducing the normal working week to 35 hours in the civil service. Most of this block will be cleared this afternoon at the meeting set for five in the afternoon. And in it, the CSIF will have to decide whether it supports the Government’s proposal. “At the moment the offer is insufficient because the economic economic offer does not even fix this year’s inflation and there are issues that are outside the document in terms of working conditions”, the interviewed union sources confirm.