The public administration’s civil servants have announced a total strike starting Thursday.
In a statement, the civil servants’ league deplored the contempt and indifference with which the government treats their rights, as if “the civil servant had become a mere commodity to be exploited and nothing more.”
They required that their demands be met, the most important of which is the readjustment of salaries or at least the award of an increase at least equal to that proposed in the draft decree, without imposing “impossible conditions,” with confirmation “that it will be implemented as of December 1,” and that this increase will be “temporary,” pending “the government’s completion of the project to correct salaries, transport allowances and all health, social and educational benefits.”
The league called for “total commitment from colleagues,” stressing that “persistent disregard for employees’ rights will lead to paralysis of the entire public administration.” The text reads, “As a result, state revenues will fall, and this paralysis will inevitably extend to the departments involved in the payment of salaries, leading to a halt in the payment of salaries to all civil servants.”
Of note, civil servants had taken to the streets on Friday evening, brandishing the threat of a total strike, after having so far observed a partial strike, ensuring a permanent presence one day a week.
Public administration’s civil servants league had called on the government to approve the civil service decree at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting.
It had urged the Council of Ministers to “keep its promise, in order to preserve the rights of employees and the smooth running of work in the public administration,” warning that the “non-approval of the decree on Tuesday could force civil servants to stop working altogether.”
