Social Services workers threaten to return Barcelona’s Medal of Honor

The social workers of Barcelona City Council they launch a pulse to the municipal government and specifically to the mayoress Ada Colau. If “in a few days & rdquor; they do not approach positions on teleworking of this staff – some 600 people from various services – will symbolically return the Medal of Honor that the consistory granted them last year in recognition of his efforts during the pandemic.

In a letter to Colau formally registered this Wednesday, to which EL PERIÓDICO has had access, they criticize the consistory making “unilateral decisions & rdquor; about the staff “without responding to technical improvement criteria for the public & rdquor; and they accuse him of “denying any type of negotiation & rdquor ;. They assure that they feel “disappointment & rdquor; and “fatigue & rdquor; for “unfair treatment & rdquor; and they regret that it was in vain the great effort they made in 2020 to reinvent the service in full confinement and continue to care for the most vulnerable.

“How can we keep the Medal of Honor having left all the effort to implement an effective, efficient, productive and sustainable teleworking system, and that today nobody values? & rdquor ;, they complain. They also remember that the European Union is committed to remote work as an environmental measure and that supposedly family reconciliation and “caring for those who care& rdquor; It is a transversal policy of the Barcelona City Council. The letter is signed by the Social Services workers but includes the explicit endorsement of all the unions of the Personnel Board and Company Committee of the City Council (CCOO, UGT, CGT and Intersidical).

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The text does not skimp assessments on the arrival of Ada Colau to power 7 years ago: “When the public elected you […] Some of us wanted to believe, hoping, that the utopia of a technical-political-citizen work with ‘the person at the center’ was possible& rdquor;. “Then many things have been happening & rdquor; and “difficult times & rdquor ;, they oppose, although they maintain that they still share “many of the values ​​& rdquor; that represented the leader of the ‘communs’.

However, his perception of the medal received in July 2021 has changed a lot. Although they saw “with good eyes & rdquor; this recognition, today they consider it “one more political act, devoid of meaning, only political posturing”. “We do not want to participate in these manipulations of the public, so we plan to return the Medal of Honor due to the deep disappointment we feel,” they stress.

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Union sources consulted by this means detail that the last labor agreement of the Municipal Institute of Social Services recognized the right to telework but the specification of who and how much was pending. It is the negotiation that unions and local government currently have, through a List of Jobs. The next meeting is scheduled for this Friday..

The same voices point out that the municipal proposal for now would consist of one day of teleworking a week, compared to the 2 days granted to other departments of the consistory and the 3 days for people over 60 years of age. In addition, three specific groups would not have the right to any day: the administrators who deal with reception and agendas (UGA) and the street and school educators, who add up to about 200 people. Until now, one week out of three had been allowed to telework. In an internal vote, more than half of the affected staff have rejected the proposal on the table.

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