The Unions of Judicial Employees (SFJ) and Justice Officials (SOJ) announced this Monday that they presented a notice of strike for September 1 and 2 demanding that the Government “fulfill the commitments made.”
In a statement, “in an unprecedented action in judicial unionism”, the two unions affirm that, “materializing the will of the workers and considering the current socio-professional situation, namely, the dramatic lack of employees, the continuous freezing unjustified promotions, and the repeated illegal action by the DGAJ [Direção-Geral da Administração da Justiça]filed notice of strike.
This will be in force between 00:00 and 24:00 on September 1 and 2 “for all judicial employees and justice operators, with a view to demanding that the Government fulfillment of commitments taken and the deliberations” of the parliament, including “the complete filling of vacant seats”, the “opening of procedures for access to all categories whose seats are vacant: secretary and technical assistant of justice, attorney, chief justice technician and secretary of justice”, as well as the “inclusion in the salary of the procedural recovery supplement, with effect from January 1, 2021, that is, the payment of the monthly payment in the 14 annual installments”.
Among the demands are also the “regulation of access to the early retirement regime and a specific retirement regime” and the presentation of a proposal to review the professional status “that dignifies and values the career and the professionals“.
The Union of Judicial Employees and the Union of Justice Officials point out that, “in order to comply with the right of judicial decisions, and taking into account the nature of the functions, which are aimed at satisfying essential social needs (… ) the materially competent courts, and only in these, and only on September 1”.
I mean, minimum services will be guaranteed for “presenting the detainees and defendants to the judicial authority and carrying out the immediately subsequent acts; carry out the procedural acts that are strictly essential to guarantee the freedom of persons and those intended to protect rights, freedoms and guarantees that otherwise cannot be exercised in a timely manner”; as well as the “adoption of measures whose delay may harm the interests of minors, namely, those related to their presentation in court and the fate of those who are in danger,” advances in the statement.
Urgent arrangements under the Mental Health Law are also included.
Indicating, in terms of personnel, a number equal to that which guarantees the operation of Saturday shifts, as follows: a bailiff for each materially competent court, with the exception of services in which the shift service is provided for a greater number , in which case this will be the number of workers to indicate”, being that “to ensure those services, and only these, (…) in this period, with greater seniority in the career”, explain the unions.
However, these bailiffs “will be relieved of the provision of these minimum services if on the day of the strike, and in the same nucleus and service, bailiffs not attached to the strike, of any category, are on duty, and they will have to primarily guarantee these services”, they conclude.
Source: Observadora
