More than 50% of BC servers paralyzed for readjustment, says union

In protest over salary readjustment, Central Bank servers paralyzed work on the morning of this Wednesday (9) for about four hours, from 8 am to 12 pm.

BC’s essential services were not interrupted, but some activities were impacted. Among them, the monitoring of the SPB (Brazilian Payment System), which was temporarily transferred from São Paulo to the contingency team in Brasília, during the mobilization period.

Although the system is automated, the monetary authority’s servers intervene in case of a problem. With less experienced staff, the operational risk of the system increases.

There was also a delay in providing information. The disclosure of the TBF (Basic Financial Rate), the “R” Reducer and the TR (Referential Rate), which is routinely made from 9:00 am, was only carried out at 12:01 pm, shortly after the end of the civil servants’ act.

Service to the public, in person or by phone, was also interrupted during the period. There was no face-to-face demonstration in front of the headquarters of the monetary authority, in Brasília.

According to Sinal (National Union of Central Bank Employees), more than 50% of employees joined the movement – ​​the initial projection was 65%. BC currently has 3,500 active servers. Wanted, says he does not estimate how many employees have crossed their arms.

According to Fábio Faiad, president of Sinal, the lower than expected number of participants is due to some rumors that tried to overturn the mobilization.

Even so, the entity evaluates the stoppage as a “success”, with the indication of a new meeting with the president of the BC, Roberto Campos Neto, next week, on a date to be defined. The expectation is that the conversation will bring progress, although the union points out that the bottleneck in the negotiations is not in the BC, but in the government.

According to Faiad, “the act is ‘of warning’ and against the federal government’s wage segregationism.” The career restructuring of BC analysts and technicians (demands without financial impact) is also among the objectives.

The initiative is part of the national mobilization of the civil service for salary recomposition after President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) waved granting increases only to the police categories. The amount available in the Budget to raise the remuneration of civil servants is R$ 1.7 billion.

The Sign already articulates a new partial stoppage on February 24th. “We want adhesion of at least 70% of servers and at least 70% adhesion to delivery lists and non-assumption of commissions (some services may be interrupted, but we cannot say yet which ones, as this would interfere with the organization of the movement),” he informed.

Furthermore, an indefinite strike starting on March 9 is not ruled out, if there is no concrete response from the government by February 24.

This was the second stoppage of BC servers. The first took place on January 18, when 50% of employees crossed their arms for two hours, between 10 am and 12 pm. On the occasion, about 200 people participated in an act in front of the agency’s headquarters, in Brasília, while others joined the mobilization remotely.