SEF officials on strike on 11 and 12 August for “better conditions” – Daily News – Lisbon

union President explained that everyone recognizes the “correctness of the claims”, so the workers can not continue to accept “the excuse of budget constraints “to justify the lack of action of political will

the Union of Employees of the Foreigners and Borders Service (SINSEF) today announced a strike for 11 and August 12 to claim” best conditions “and” greater dignity “of non-police careers.

on the basis of the struggle of SEF workers are not” just wage increases, but better conditions and greater dignity of non-police careers, in order to make the SEF more effective in a particularly challenging time for the international conditions and domestic demand, “the union, which has delivered the notice of strike.

Speaking to Lusa, the president of the union, Manuela Nice he explained that the Foreigners and Borders Service has a component of about 50% of non-police activity without a specific career covering these employees.

“the not police area deals with highly sensitive issues and data and confidential huge interest and necessary for national security, and not only, and these people do not have a specific career, “said Manuela Nice, noting that the documentary part” contributes 80 million euros to the state coffers. “

According to the union, these employees had a special career until 2008, when it was extinguished and put the SEF in the situation of being the only security service to have half of non-police activities.

in this sense, the main demand of the strike relates to the reactivation of the “career specificity that can integrate almost 50% of employees who are out of the organic law.”

“Everyone recognizes the correctness of claims, but apparently there is no political will to act and we can not all the time accept as good eternal excuse of budget constraints when there other circumstances that these constraints are outdated, “said Manuela nice.

the union leader said that there are employees to leave for other organizations not see their “work recognized, not in pay or career progression.”

“Today we noticed with great satisfaction that has requested an internal mobility of people from other organisms to the SEF, in the Official Gazette, we welcome and applaud this initiative by the national leadership, only that the question will be exactly the same, “he lamented.

the union points out the strike of workers held a year ago, adding that since then “there has been no evolution of promises or perspectives given by the National SEF direction.”