This Wednesday there will be a new round of negotiations between the Government and the three Public Administration union federations.
The Government will meet again this Wednesday with the three Public Administration union federations to discuss the general update of salaries, with the unions admitting to increasing social protest if the executive does not bring positions closer to the demands.
The Federation of Unions of Public Administration and Entities with Public Purposes (Fesap) is the first to be received within the scope of the annual general negotiation process, at 09:00, followed by the Union Front, led by the Union of State Technical Staff (STE), at 10:30 and the National Federation of Unions of Workers in Public and Social Functions (Common Front), at 12:00.
The Government has already shown itself available to move forward with a new multi-year agreement, having proposed, among other measures, a increase in public service meal allowance by 10 cents per year from 2027, salary increases of 2.30%with a minimum of 60.52 euros in 2029, as well as including other matters, namely “the review of the current subsistence allowance regime”review the SIADAP and the Remuneration Statute for Management Personnel.
Speaking to the Lusa agency, the secretary general of fesapJosé Abraão, considers that the “Government has to go further” to be able to reach a new agreement, particularly regarding the increase in the meal allowance for 2026 and “the issue of holidays”, although it highlights “the evolution” made on the proposal to review some careers that were not foreseen, such as that of IPMA and museum workers.
The leader of this union structure, affects the UGT, says that the proposal presented to unions on increasing meal allowances “is ridiculous”defending the reinstatement of the three days of vacation abolished in the ‘troika’ as well as the five days of cold vacation, instead of the possibility of purchasing two days of vacation, the measure of which is being discussed within the scope of the review of labor legislation, in the context of social consultation.
Fesap proposes that the basic salary in the civil service rises to 973.41 euros in 2026 and a minimum update of 95 euros for all workers, in addition to increasing the food allowance to 10 euros per day, tax-free.
Also the president of the Maria Helena Rodrigues, is very critical of the proposal to increase the meal allowance, which she calls “humiliating” and says she hopes there will be “approximations” regarding the demands of this union structure.
The STE, also involved in among the various measures, demands salary increases of 6.4% in 2026, an increase in the meal allowance to 10 euros next year and the restoration of three days of vacation.
In turn, the coordinator of the states that the Government “has to present another proposal at this meeting” and that it is in its ‘hands’ to “continue to buy conflict or not”.
Sebastião Santana accuses the executive of not being “the least interested in valuing those who work or public services” and assures that “the fight” will continue, also remembering the strike called by this structure on October 24th, which was “the biggest in recent years”, as well as last Saturday’s CGTP demonstration against the labor package “which involved more than 100 thousand people” and the general strike already announced for December 11th.
The Common Front affects the demands a 15% salary increase of a minimum of 150 euros, starting from January 1st, as well as updating the food allowance to 12 euros.
The current agreement, signed in November 2024 with two of the Public Service union structures (Fesap and Frente Sindical), provides for increases of 2.15%, with a minimum of 56.58 euros for 2026.
For 2027 and 2028, the agreement establishes increases of 2.3%, with a minimum of 60.52 euros.
