Three days of foresters strike with membership between 50 and 70% – Observer

According to Lusa Orlando Gonçalves of the Federation of Public and Social Workers, membership in the Rangers' three-day strike ranged from 50 to 70%. the award of compensatory supplements, the thaw of quarries and the integration of 200 new forest rangers, in office since April, began Friday and ended Sunday. but has not yet passed the degree that establishes the career and allows the entry of new elements.

"The strike was normally carried out as we had planned.There are already a lot of holiday guards so within three days walked between 50 and 70%." Orlando Gonçalves recalled that the beginning of the strike was marked by the concentration of about fifty officials assigned to the Department of Nature Protection and Environment GNR (SEPNA).

During the vigil, a delegation of the Federation of Workers of the functions public and social handed the Secretary of State for Civil Protection a statement from the Ministry of the Interior in Lisbon requesting additional compensation and the entry of 200 new elements promised by the government

At the end of the rangers' career, it is necessary that the government approves the amendments to the Legislative Decree so that the career becomes an integral part of the rules of law. 9 entry of new elements, especially the 200 announced by the executive, according to the union structure that represents these workers.

Orlando Gonçalves, leader of the executive committee of the Federation, explained that a meeting was held last Monday with the Secretary of State for Civil Protection, who promised that the president of the federation would be the president of the Federation. amendment to the decree law would be approved Thursday in a council of ministers, but this did not happen.

This leader estimated that next summer only 200 new rangers will take power once after approval, the changes must be published in the Diário da República, and contests are then opened, with a selection and training lasting six months.

Orlando Gonçalves also said that the rangers' career did not have to deal with forest fires, as well as control of forest fires. have been thawed, as in the majority of civil servants, since the government considers that they have progressed in the career in 2016, when they moved to the new career.

These workers also propose that the career supplement be awarded in two phases, a first increase of 7% now and the remaining 7% in January 2020.

"The working group of rangers across the country and unions will evaluate at a meeting that will take place next week the results of the shutdown and decide what action to take from now on, "he said. Currently, there are 300 rangers with an average age of 50 years.

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