According to a statement by SINDASP, the executive branch intends to restrict collective bargaining. The bill stipulates that collective and individual employment contracts will no longer be allowed to include provisions on additional payments, which directly contradicts international labor standards.
“The attempt to diminish the role of social dialogue and nullify the terms of previously agreed-upon collective bargaining agreements is a direct blow to the financial security of tens of thousands of public sector workers’ families,” the press release emphasizes.
Furthermore, the implementation of these policies will have an extremely negative impact on the public sector:
– The exodus of professionals from public administration, social assistance, social insurance, and other vital public services will increase. Unattractive salaries at the local government and state agency levels will trigger mass layoffs.
– Local autonomy will be curtailed. Local councils will lose the right to motivate city hall employees and incentivize hired professionals through collective bargaining agreements.
– Previously acquired labor rights will be revoked. The government proposes to invalidate any administrative or contractual act aimed at granting rights not strictly provided for by law. This will lead to an extremely rigid system.
– Significant disparities in pay between different occupational groups will persist.
– The proposed compensation does not correspond to the volume of work performed by civil servants. In the administrative system, the workload is constantly increasing due to modernization and digitalization processes, the requirements of European integration, and the challenges of administrative-territorial reform, while real wages are continuously declining due to inflation.
In this regard, SINDASP calls for “a broad, substantive, and transparent discussion of these draft laws, compliance with collective bargaining agreements signed prior to the law’s adoption, fairness in relations between government agencies, and an increase in pay in line with economic realities.”
“The minimum wage in the public sector must be brought into line with European recommendations, and base rates must increase in proportion to the real needs of public sector employees. “We call on the government to engage in a genuine social dialogue at the negotiating table and to guarantee fair, motivating, and non-discriminatory pay in the public sector!” — states SINDASP.
