PSP Union gives the government time to present “concrete proposals”

O National Police Union (Sinapol) gave the government until 28th to present “concrete, serious and truly valuable proposals of the police,” promising protest actions if there is no progress in negotiations.

In a statement released today, Sinapol says that it has scheduled for October 28 a meeting with the Secretary of State for Public Administration, “which may be decisive for the future of negotiations on the professional and salary valuation of police”, establishing this date as a deadline for the submission of effective proposals.

“ To date, the meetings held have not produced concrete results capable of translating into a real appreciation of the careers and remuneration conditions of the PSP professionals,” says the union, adding that “police continue to wait for answers, while Sinapol’s demands, presented for years, and the successive political promises continue without going from words to deeds.”.

Sinapol expresses its “increasing concern about the government’s lack of concrete proposals” in the statement and ensures that “it will not accept that the process continues indefinitely without effective solutions, in an artificial extension of negotiations”.

The union says that if there is no progress in the negotiation process “it will advance to (...) protest actions, starting with the holding of plenarys at the various airports and police commands, during the hours of service, with respect for applicable legality”.

“The time has come to move from promises to decisions. Cops cannot continue to wait for the appreciation that is due to them and deserved”, says the union.

Sinapol “will remain available to negotiate, but will not confuse dialogue with postponement, nor will it accept that the absence of results will continue to be presented as progress,” he says.