Unions call for mobilizations in the Tax Agency to achieve labor and salary improvements

If their demands are not met, they will extend the mobilizations and do not rule out a strike in the middle of the Income Campaign

The Independent Trade Union Center and Civil Servants (CSIF), SIAT, UGT, CCOO and CIG have called the staff of the State Tax Administration Agency (AEAT) to a rally on May 8 in Madrid in front of the General Directorate of the AEAT to call on the organization to negotiate labor and salary improvements.

The convening organizations, which met yesterday with the management of the AEAT after the conflict presented, will extend the mobilizations to all of Spain to reactivate the agreement for the professional career, pending development since 2007, as well as the negotiation of a new agreement collective. The current one has been reported for a year and a half.

"We are in conflict to demand salary justice in the AEAT," CSIF said in a statement. According to the union, in the last six years the management of the AEAT has frozen collective bargaining.

At the same time, the union has denounced that this Administration discretionally increases the salaries of those who earn the most. In 2023, the AEAT had 1,265 workers in groups A1 (higher bodies), which earn the highest specific rates in the entire AGE, according to CSIF.

"That is, while senior officials receive supplements exceeding 60,000 euros, the majority of the workforce has their salaries, their professional careers and their collective agreement blocked," the union argued.

The representatives of the Tax Agency staff have also demanded the development of teleworking and the negotiation of the telephone service, announced by the Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero.

Likewise, the unions consider that productivity should be reviewed, the distribution of which prioritizes the group of inspectors, discriminating against the rest of the workforce.

They have also demanded improvements in working conditions for the Customs Surveillance group, classifying this destination as a risky profession and reinforcing material and human resources by developing a true Tax Police, a need that has become evident after the tragic events in Cádiz.

The UGT union has warned through a statement that if the Tax Agency does not address their demands, they will be forced to extend the mobilizations and have not ruled out a strike in the middle of the Income Campaign.