The unions UGT, CCOO, and SPPLB, which hold the majority representation of public employees of the Yaiza City Council, have filed a formal complaint before the Plenary of the corporation against the initial approval of the General Budget for 2026.
The union organizations request the nullity of the personnel items, considering that the document incurs in "serious legal infractions" and that the governing group has evaded mandatory collective bargaining during its processing.
Unions denounce a blockade of social dialogue
The Works Council and the Civil Servant Personnel delegates assure that there is a "null capacity for negotiation and social dialogue" on the part of the mayor. According to them, last April the Collective Bargaining Table was constituted and a calendar was approved to hold meetings every fifteen days. However, they state that "two months later" no session has been called.
They also maintain that the City Council has not yet constituted the Negotiating Table for the Civil Servants' Agreement, despite more than 60 days having passed since the commitment was made.
Furthermore, UGT and CCOO criticize that the 2026 budget was processed through a "dación en cuenta" (reporting), which, in their opinion, violates the Basic Statute of Public Employees by not having been previously negotiated with union representation.
Allegations regarding the workforce
In the written complaint presented, the unions question several decisions included in the budget, among them the amortization of nine vacant positions —eight permanent labor personnel and one civil servant—, as well as the creation of five new positions without, according to them, an updated Job List (RPT) existing.
Likewise, they denounce "unilateral" remuneration modifications in certain salary supplements and maintain that the increase in the level of national qualified civil servants "has been carried out without objective criteria or prior negotiation."
Lack of personnel in municipal services
The union organizations assure that the City Council maintains a high vacancy rate due to the scarce execution of public employment offers from previous years, a situation that, they affirm, affects departments such as the Technical Office, Social Services, Human Resources, or the Citizen Service of Playa Blanca.
In terms of citizen security, they put the number of unfilled positions in the Local Police at 18: one sub-inspector, seven officers, and ten agents.
They also point out the lack of personnel in the Mobile Park, where they assure that there are not enough staff in positions such as plumbers, electricians, maintenance operators, or street cleaning personnel, as well as the absence of controllers in the Ajaches and in the Timanfaya National Park.
"Covert privatization"
The unions maintain that the reduction in personnel responds to a strategy to increase the hiring of external services. In this regard, they state that the City Council is allocating more resources to Chapter 2 of the budget, corresponding to current expenses and services, with the aim of favoring a "covert privatization and outsourcing of essential municipal services," which, in their opinion, could constitute a "fraud against the law" by substituting public employment with private contracts.
Therefore, the trade union organizations request that the Plenary session halt the final approval of the 2026 budget and demand the urgent convening of the General Negotiation Table, the reactivation of the agreed calendar for the labor agreement, the establishment of the Civil Servants' Table, the filling of the 18 vacant positions in the Local Police, and the halting of service outsourcing.