Spanish consulate and embassy workers in the UK start a campaign to collect signatures

Staff workers without the approval of the Spanish Embassy and Consulates in the United Kingdom started a campaign to collect signatures Through the change.org platform to denounce mismanagement Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation during the past years.

“And so the employees join the claims of the citizens, which the Spanish administration has abandoned to a Very risky situation It makes it impossible to be consistent in service, professionalization of tasks and effective performance of jobs. After years of salary freezes, and in the face of the difficulties caused by the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, as well as the dire consequences of the pandemic, many public sector employees have resigned in the past year in various delegations. He took years of training and experience with him, resulting in a total of 21 vacancies, adding to the workload and further clogging up already clogged public services,” reads the letter posted on the signature collection platform.

The sector’s dissatisfaction with Spanish consulate and embassy workers in the United Kingdom Increasing. In addition to the demonstration that took place on February 14 in front of the Spanish Embassy in London, there is now a protest action that has been organized for the next Monday, March 21, starting at 12:00 local time in the UK, in front of the building of the Consulate General of Spain in Manchester.

What workers are asking for at the Spanish Consulate and Embassy in London

Employment workers without agreement with the dependencies of the three consulates general of Spain (London, Manchester and Edinburgh) The Embassy of Spain in the UK has met to demand a salary update, a Instant Pay Harmonization For all employees of the same administrative category and the option to contribute to the Spanish social security system.

Workers also deplore the non-compliance with the minimum professional wage set in the UK, which affects workers with older contracts. We demand an increase in salaries in all categories. “It is shameful and illegal that they have so many workers below the minimum wage,” a worker at the Spanish embassy in London told El Ibérico, who preferred to remain anonymous.