The Platform for a dignified retirement and full salary equalization – which brings together the vast majority of National Police unions and Civil Guard associations – has moved to advance its objective, as it denounces, of putting an end to “the “comparative grievance” that they suffer from local or regional police, such as the Mossos d’Esquadra. As a means of pressure, they have called a demonstration on March 16 with which they intend to fill the streets of the capital to demand that the retirement of national police and civil guards be brought into line with other forces.
Representatives of the Platform, made up of five police unions and nine associations of civil guards – Jupol and Jucil have dropped out again – explained during a press conference held this Thursday that an agent of the National Police or the Civil Guard sees reduced their payroll between 700 and 1,000 euros when it comes time to retire.
“We are left abandoned after a race risking our lives,” criticized Juan Fernández of AUGC. According to the data presented, the rest of the security officials see their payroll cut when they retire by between 80 and 120 euros.
Before March 16, La Platafoma has announced that there will be other previous protests – on February 16 – in front of the Government delegations. “Enough studies, you have to have political will, and sit down to negotiate,” claimed the general secretary of the SUP, Mónica Gracia. For the majority union, “there is enough time” until March 16 for the head of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, to call them to a negotiating table.
The conveners say they have made calculations to assign the duties to the Government. According to them, 45 million euros would be enough – which could be included in an item of the next General State Budgets – to achieve equalization.
“If there is no money, there is no money for everyone,” the organizers have criticized after putting on the table the announcement that the Interior will allocate 46 million euros for the Mossos d’Esquadra with which they will be able to deploy 3,000 more agents in the force. .
