Integration and probation advisers, employees of structures specializing in disability or child protection: public officials who consider themselves “forgotten» from the latest version of the «Health Segurdemand wage increases from the government.
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The estrangement dates back to February 18. At the end of the Conference on social and medico-social support professions, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced a “revaluation of 183 euros net per month for professionals in the socio-educational sector», co-financed by the departments. The measure, which concerns in particular30,000 staff under civil service status», must restore the «fairness with caregiverswhich received similar increases during the Ségur de la santé in 2020.
But while the 183 euros were to start being paid in April, several categories of public officials complain of being excluded from the system. This is the case of the National Group of Social and Medico-Social Public Establishments (GEPSo), which launched “the call of the 100 for the last forgotten of Ségur“.
“Unfair treatment”
In a letter to the Secretary of State for Disabled People Sophie Cluzel, “over 100directors and deputy directors of public social and medico-social establishments are surprised by the “lack of recognitionfor certain trades. “The staff of the general services (kitchen, workshop, maintenance agents, drivers, maintenance agents) and administrative services also ensured the continuity of service throughout this difficult period.“Linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, they point out. “How to understand then (…) their exclusionof the revaluation system, wonder the directors.
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According to GEPSo calculations, some 3,000 public hospital workers, mostly in “disability and child protection sector“, would be affected by this”unfair treatment“. Increases are granted according to “business logic rather than status“, justifies Matignon to AFP.
“We focus on socio-educational activity, on people who are in contact with people“supported in medical and medico-social structures, specify the services of the Prime Minister. An argument which could in theory include the nearly 6300 agents of the penitentiary services of insertion and probation (Spip) in the perimeter of the device.
In their capacity as “Ministry of Justice social workers“, these state civil servants believe they are fully part of the socio-educational sector concerned by the revaluations, explain the CGT Insertion Probation and the Ufap Unsa Justice in a press release. But “the government does not seem to share the same opinion and the interministerial arbitrations strive to exclude all the personnel from this revaluation», Regret the two unions. Matignon claims to beinstructing the subject», while acknowledging that the SPIPS are not part of the «core target» trades that are intended to be upgraded.
“A bonus is volatile”
In an attempt to influence the position of the executive, the CGT and Unsa called on Thursday for mobilization in the Spip. “We don’t have the right to strike so these were indoor demonstrations, often during break times. It was quite fun: collective breakfasts, display of signs», Details Julien Magnier, national secretary of the CGT IP.
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In the territorial public service, where the draft decree governing the increases of 183 euros for certain agents was examined on Wednesday, the unions also expressed their skepticism. In particular, they regret that the revaluation, which they hoped would be automatic, finally takes the form of a bonus, subject to deliberation by the community on which each territorial agent depends. “A premium is volatile“, sighs Pascale Paris of Unsa Territorial. “Everyone agrees that these professions are devalued, not paid enough, lack of attractiveness but no one wants to finance their increases“, laments for its part Interco CFDT.
According to the government,if we want to make (the premium) mandatory, we have to go through the law“, a process that is too time-consuming to implement before the end of the five-year term. “Parliament is no longer sitting, it’s really to go as quickly as possible“that a bonus system has been retained, supports the executive.
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