The Tax Workers Union (STI) sent to the Assembly of the Republic (AR) a proposal for legislative change aimed at increasing penalties for crimes against employees of the Tax and Customs Authority (AT), the STI announced this Friday.
The union’s initiative arose after analyzing the Government bill that provides for the criminalization of crimes and attacks against public service agents.
The insecurity of AT workers, the persistent problems of the sector and the high inflation that has degraded the purchasing power of workers in recent yearsled this Friday morning to a meeting of union delegates in front of the Ministry of Finance, in Lisbon.
Given that the government’s proposal does not correspond to what was recently transmitted by the control authority to the workers of the Tax and Customs Authority (AT), the STI decided to present its contribution to the Commission on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees to correct what he considers an “injustice.”
According to the STI, it is “inadmissible that, for example, in the modification of the Penal Code proposed by the Government, professionals in the educational or health sector are placed at a higher level of risk than state inspection careers, such as taxes and customs. functions”, when they, in the exercise of their functions, are victims of aggression.
According to the STI, By not classifying the infractions committed against AT employees as a public crime, requiring the filing of a complaint, the Government indirectly considers that children and young people in a school are more dangerous than some “delinquents.”” that AT has to face daily in multiple processes.
Furthermore, in the hundreds of situations that are reported to the STI, those offended fear retaliation and do not file a complaint. This – says the STI – results in a feeling of impunity for the aggressor who knows who the victim is, where he works and, often, even where he lives.
The union warns, on the other hand, that the scope of application of the future law in AT is very restricted, since it only applies to inspection and customer service, that is, any employee who performs functions outside of these functions is not tutored. even if it carries a high risk.
The STI denounces the increasing number of attacks against AT employeesrevealing that of the universe of around 10 thousand workers, around 60 percent have already been victims of physical or verbal attacks in the performance of their duties.
The STI had already announced thatthen go on strike, on December 19 and 20, demanding professional advancement, better working conditions and revision of the salary table. If the stalemate continues, the union plans other strikes for an indefinite period, until 2025.
Source: Observadora
