Due to salary readjustment and career restructuring, the National Treasury employees decided, this Tuesday (17), to go on strike for an indefinite period starting next Monday, May 23.
The decision had the support of 71.5% of the participants of the deliberative assembly, according to Unacon Sindical (National Union of Auditors and Federal Technicians of Finance and Control).
“The strike is a last resort, but at this critical moment in which the legal deadline for salary recomposition in an election year is running out and when the government’s signal of readjustments discriminating against the Finance and Control career, the National Treasury employees approved the intensification of mobilization”, said Bráulio Cerqueira, president of Unacon Sindical, in a note.
“We do not give up defending our career and our institutions”, he added.
In the last week, according to the entity that represents the category of Finance and Control, 80% of the Treasury employees who occupy positions and functions in commission requested collective exoneration. Before that, the dissatisfaction of the category had already motivated several stoppages and public acts.
It is the third category that decides to cross their arms. Employees of the INSS (National Social Security Institute) and the Central Bank are already on strike. In addition, employees of the CGU (Comptroller General of the Union) will meet next Friday (20), at 2 pm, to also deliberate on the possibility of stoppage.
In an assembly on Tuesday afternoon, BC employees approved the continuation of the strike indefinitely. According to Sinal (National Union of Central Bank Employees), 95% of those present at the assembly voted in favor of continuing the strike.
The BC civil servants’ strike, which resumed on May 3, has affected the monetary authority’s routine, with the interruption in the disclosure of reports and financial indicators. The last available Focus survey was published on April 29th.
The disclosure of Ptax [taxa de câmbio], signing authorization processes in the financial system, holding events and meetings with the financial system are other activities affected. The strike movement follows the same characteristics as the strike that lasted from April 1st to 19th, before a two-week truce.
Last Thursday (12), the BC sent a proposal for an MP (provisional measure) to the Ministry of Economy for a 22% salary readjustment for servers from June and demands for career restructuring, but withdrew the draft from the system in the same day after claiming to have observed “inconsistencies”.
The discontent of civil servants grew after President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) waved an increase only to professionals in the area of ​​public security, a category that makes up his support base.
The government is now discussing a 5% linear adjustment for the entire civil service. as anticipated the Sheet On April 13, Bolsonaro (PL) decided to grant the increase to all careers — including military members of the Armed Forces, as well as members of the Judiciary and Legislative — as of July 1. The measure has not yet been made official.
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