A statement issued by representatives of municipal workers at Manilva Town Hall highlights growing concern and discontent among Town Hall staff, denouncing a series of cases of unequal treatment and a lack of recognition of labour rights by the governing team.
The statement from the Works Council for Contract Staff and the Civil Servants’ Staff Board says the following:
«With this statement we wish to convey to all municipal workers our concern about the attitude the municipal governing team is showing towards the problems of the staff of Manilva Town Hall.
While some workers have their duties of a higher grade recognised and are paid the salary difference, the vast majority are denied recognition despite being in a similar situation.
While some workers are recognised as covering for colleagues and are paid the salary difference, others are denied that recognition despite doing the work. While some workers are paid one or two monthly supplements or bonuses, fixed and regular over time, for extraordinary work, others have them withdrawn, or have never even had them recognised.
While some workers are paid all their overtime hours with no limit whatsoever, others are limited without any justification or legal procedure.
This type of action by the municipal governing team shows clear unequal treatment among municipal workers, and creates a distinction between two groups: workers who are granted each and every one of the rights established by labour legislation, and workers who are denied their rights on spurious grounds.
At the meetings of the Joint Committee (Mesa Paritaria), our requests to respect and recognise the labour rights of all workers equally are constantly ignored, and we are told, with no intention of seeking a solution: «THAT WILL BE SORTED OUT WITH THE NEW RPT» (the job position list). (The vast majority of you will be tired of hearing this famous phrase while you watch yourselves lose money month after month.)
The truth is that we have been negotiating the new municipal RPT for a year and a half without seeing any results. The RPT Negotiating Committee has not met for almost 3 months, despite our having requested meetings verbally during the Joint Committee meetings and in writing through the Town Hall’s official registry.
It is absolutely necessary and urgent to first complete, and then apply, a new RPT that recognises our current duties and avoids unequal treatment, so that we can provide a decent service to the public.
For this reason, at the February Joint Committee meeting, we demanded that the governing team resume the RPT negotiations, and we set 30 June 2025 as the deadline for completing them. Otherwise we will take appropriate action to press for it, without ruling out demonstrations or strikes.
WE COUNT ON YOU! FOR OUR RIGHTS!»
