The Trade union organizations (Confederations and Federations) They set out a specific request for a Joint Commission of Negotiators This Wednesday, during the installation of the call 2025 state national negotiating table.
The Commission is made up of the union representatives of nine Confederations and 38 Federations of Public Employeesand will be made up of 40 negotiators and 40 advisors by the trade union movement.
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The negotiation process aims to agree on improvements from the public employment, salary increase for sector employees, social welfare, union guarantees, labor formalizationamong other issues.
2025 state national negotiating table
Ministry of Labor
What does the list of requests have?
The unique sheet presented to the national table contains 91 requests organized in 12 chapters and includes a chapter dedicated to women and gender approaches.
Negotiation will address the salary increase, that workers ask that it be 5% above the inflation of 2024 for this year and another increase by 2026 that is equivalent to the final inflation data of 2025.
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Likewise, it will also be about the conditions of the use of contractors that carry out permanent functions, the guarantee of the right to union association and collective bargaining. Besides, They ask for the creation and strengthening of bonuses, technical premiums, payment of overtime and recognition of provisionamong others.
Antonio Sanguino, Labor Minister
Ministry of Labor
He President of the Unitary Central of Workers (CUT), Fabio Ariashe stressed: “We are satisfied with the unification of the specifications and the negotiating commission, aspects that force Decree 243 of 2024 that we are doing and satisfies us because this negotiation can be much easier and more effective”
For its part, the Labor Minister Antonio Sanguinosaid that “This process begins satisfactorily for the country’s public servants because it allows nine confederations and 38 National Federations by consensus to agree on a unique document and a negotiating commission, represent public employees in the country. In addition, this negotiation recognizes union autonomy and enables this space for social dialogue that will become a reference in the trade union and future negotiations of workers and their employers”
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Agenda and background
Negotiation will last 20 business days that can be extended for 20 more daysand will begin on April 22 and will run until May 20.
The Minister of Labor also emphasized the latest negotiations with the working centrals, highlighting that of the 234 agreements achieved, about 70% have already been fulfilled, while the rest is in the process of implementation or partial compliance.
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