UGT ignores the “general mobilization in the street” announced by CC.OO.
MADRID. CCOO returns to lead the union protests against the government’s adjustment plan and announced that prepares a general mobilization in the streets and businesses against such measures.
All this, apart from the general strike in the public sector together with UGT called for June 2.
Once again, CC.OO. more belligerent than the Socialist union, which, after the executive committee meet confederal, no mention of general mobilization aimed CC.OO.
In the two papers made public yesterday by the union should be noted that in the first, referred to “… in anticipation of a possible general strike call …». Fifteen minutes later sent a second statement which was missing the word “possible.”
In any event, neither nor CCOO UGT shuffled at the moment to call a general strike in the country. For now, general secretaries, Candido Mendez and Ignacio Fernandez Toxo, prefer to stay in the barrier and their federations have left the public sector to lead the two day strike.
Debate continues
Both unions will continue next week, the internal debate between their bodies. Thus, UGT Confederal Committee, the highest decision making body between congresses, will meet on 26 and 27 of this month.
Both CC.OO. UGT showed yesterday as support for the two day strike in the public sector and calls upon the Government “to redirect the tripartite negotiations of social dialogue”, as adjustment “does not help in the march of social dialogue.”
And while the Government is finalizing the scale of cuts that apply to civil servants, many of these are already receiving through unofficial sources that unofficial possible allocation adjustment.
As reported by ABC officials from different areas of Administration, the cut is considering would be 3% to the lowest levels, below 16, from 5% for levels 16 to 20, from 7% for ranging from 20 to 26. And the highest, from 27 to 30 would cut by 10%.
The reduction of salaries for senior officials, cabinet ministers, deputies and senators would be 15%, as José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero announced.
No official confirmation
Sources of the majority union officials, the CSIF, explained that there is still no official confirmation that this is the cast and also a reduction in terms of administrative levels would not be entirely fair because the salaries of the same collective such as doctors, which could have the same level, however, are different depending on the regions. This is because each autonomy has specific supplements.
Therefore, if what you want is to cut more public employees who earn more, the rebate should not be linked to administrative levels, but wages.
