Thousands of workers of the Civil Service were in Lisbon yesterday in demanding wage increases. The government proposed 2.9 percent increase but the Common Front advocates an updated wage of five percent.
"We will continue to fight. The government has an absolute majority but can not have absolute power, you have to listen to the workers," stressed Ana Avoila, coordinator of the Joint Trade Union Front of Public Administration, affects the CGTP, in the closing speech of the event.
"The workers of the Civil Service refuse that the government invokes another crisis to penalize us," said Ana Avoila.
The unions also called "equal pay" to Spanish officials, in response to a statement from Secretary of State for Budget, Emanuel dos Santos, who in a meeting with the unions said that wage increases in Canada are the largest of the 27 European Union and that in Spain were only about two percent.
The Common Front claimed a membership of 50 thousand people, but the figures pointed to the PSP 20 to 25 thousand.
Wage negotiations between trade unions and the government began Nov. 6 and should have ended Wednesday, but the counter made by unions helped keep the negotiations open.
"We will continue to fight. The government has an absolute majority but can not have absolute power, you have to listen to the workers," stressed Ana Avoila, coordinator of the Joint Trade Union Front of Public Administration, affects the CGTP, in the closing speech of the event.
"The workers of the Civil Service refuse that the government invokes another crisis to penalize us," said Ana Avoila.
The unions also called "equal pay" to Spanish officials, in response to a statement from Secretary of State for Budget, Emanuel dos Santos, who in a meeting with the unions said that wage increases in Canada are the largest of the 27 European Union and that in Spain were only about two percent.
The Common Front claimed a membership of 50 thousand people, but the figures pointed to the PSP 20 to 25 thousand.
Wage negotiations between trade unions and the government began Nov. 6 and should have ended Wednesday, but the counter made by unions helped keep the negotiations open.
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