Justice officials begin an indefinite strike with partial stoppages

The officials of the Justice administration begin this Monday an indefinite strike with daily partial stoppages to demand a salary increase in line with that agreed with the lawyers, who will receive monthly between 430 and 450 euros gross more.

From this Monday and indefinitely, 45,000 court officials are called by the unions CSIF, STAJ, CCOO, UGT and CIG to stoppages between ten in the morning and one in the afternoon every day. A call that hopes to be "a success", according to EFE sources from CSIF, the majority union in the Justice sector.

They are 93% of the staff of the Justice administration and mostly belong to the bodies of Management, Processing and Assistance, although forensic doctors and special bodies of the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences are also called.

They demand an increase in their monthly payrolls of between 350 and 430 euros, depending on the category of each body of officials, as well as the paralysis of the parliamentary processing of the Law of Organizational Efficiency of the Public Sector of Justice, which will change organic issues of the judicial services.

In addition to the partial stoppages, this Wednesday there is a general strike called throughout the day and a "great demonstration" that will start from the Ministry of Justice in Madrid and which is expected to be attended by workers from all over Spain.

For her part, the head of Justice, Pilar Llop, has committed to dialogue on the union demands, although she has asked the workers to "look after the citizens" and "not cause damage" in the public service, and has reminded them that in the autonomous communities that have not transferred the powers of Justice "already had a salary increase