The Independent Central Union of Civil Servants (CSIF) has demanded that the Government leave the wage increase for public employees scheduled for 2027 sealed by decree before the appointment with the polls, in order to avoid possible delays, and has urged parties to include in their electoral programs specific improvements in the working conditions of this group.
Coinciding with the official start of the campaign, the union has sent its demands to the President of the Government and the main political formations, reminding them that the Executive still has two weeks to give the green light to the pay increase requested by CSIF. The framework agreement signed in November 2025 sets a 4.5% rise for 2027, as well as an additional 0.5% increase corresponding to 2026.
CSIF argues that this increase should be approved through a Royal Decree and be validated in the Permanent Deputation before the elections, with the aim of ensuring that the situation of a caretaker government does not slow down its implementation or generate delays. In its view, respecting the pay calendar takes on special importance due to the evolution of prices recorded throughout this year.
The trade union organization also demands recovering the salary structure prior to the cuts of 2010. It recalls that the reduction of the extra payments, adopted at the height of the economic crisis, continues to be part of the wage structure of public employees sixteen years later, despite the fact that, it argues, the exceptional circumstances that justified that decision are no longer present.
CSIF calculates that this adjustment implies an average loss of 1,000 euros per worker per year and maintains that, since then, at least 48,000 million euros have stopped being paid for this concept.
Among the demands still pending, the union includes reinforcing staffing levels, reducing temporariness, improving administrative mutualism and healthcare provision, promoting the professional career, reclassification, conciliation, occupational health, and better conditions for retirement.
Likewise, the trade union central calls for full compliance with the Framework Agreement on Remuneration and Working Conditions signed in November 2025, which sets out a roadmap with measures and commitments through 2028, and it demands that the electoral advance not pose a brake to its execution.