Detran employees threaten to start a strike.
The assembly of employees of the Alagoas State Traffic Department (Detran/AL) decided, among other issues, to leave open the possibility of a strike by the category; workers are demanding correction of the salary scale in the Career and Salary Plan and the holding of a competitive examination to fill staff shortages.
Alagoas 247 - Employees of the Alagoas State Traffic Department (Detran/AL) met in assembly on Tuesday morning (19), at the agency's headquarters, to deliberate, among other situations, a possible strike by the category.
The main issue, according to them, is the payment of the interstitial allowance between classes, a percentage paid every time they progress in their career, which happens every five years. The amount is an adjustment to the Career and Salary Plan table.
According to information provided by the workers, before the Teotonio Vilela (PSDB) administration, the percentage of this bonus was 30%, but he reduced it to 12%.
When Governor Renan Filho (PMDB) took office, he reportedly acknowledged the civil servants' right to the 18% that had been cut, but stated that he could not pay it. He offered to pay an additional 3% and discuss the remaining 15% later. The agreement was for this to happen by June, but so far nothing has been paid.
"We started negotiating with the government at the beginning of last year and in February of this year we reached this agreement. The deadline given by the government was that this payment would happen by the end of June, but we waited and so far nothing. We are going to take this to the category and decide what to do," informed Luciano Mateus, president of the civil servants' union.
The civil servants also complain about the lack of public hiring. According to the union, there is a shortage of 150 workers, and another 90 will retire next year. "The government said there would be a hiring process, and so far nothing. The talk is that they would hold a small hiring process, for 30 or 40 people. But that won't solve our problem," said Luciano.
Currently, the Department of Motor Vehicles (Detran) has 340 employees, of which 290 are working - some are on leave due to illness.
Another demand from the employees relates to working conditions. According to the union president, several pieces of equipment in the inspection area are broken, hindering the service provided to the public.
"The service has increased in price, going from R$ 41 to R$ 71, and the quality is lower. The inspection is being done manually, and many Detrans (Brazilian state traffic departments) don't accept this. It's the deterioration of the agency. Meanwhile, Detran's revenue this year will be R$ 120 million, R$ 20 million more than last year," revealed the representative of the category.
The news outlet contacted the Department of Motor Vehicles (Detran) and is awaiting a response from the agency, which will be provided in a statement.
With gazetaweb.com