Nine thousand euros Christmas bonus. Add extras for the fair, Easter, and the rest of the year. The city council must add up to 30 million in 2025 to the salary block of local police employees. agenda … The events in Seville are unsustainable, this is indisputable, there is a constant abuse of public services in a context where there is a shortage of 500 agents. And the unions know it, these trash entities that are – without a doubt – doing their job perfectly: mercilessly draining the boss of the money through coercion and extortion. The zero replacement rate has blown up the workforce and given police officers power they should not have. They are few, and some who enter now have the possibility of blocking the square and going on vacation to another city, thus preventing their replacement. Retirees outnumber new appointees The situation leaves the various municipal governments between a rock and a hard place.
Last year, with a large parade approaching, which represented one of the biggest security challenges the city has faced, along with Christmas, the city council paid the revolutionary tax. He chose calm in the face of the imminent threat of a boycott of the major event, and doubled spending on productivity compared to the previous year. The following year, the same thing, the unions pointed out.
The mayor does not enjoy any support from the opposition, which knows that the conflict with the local police is the wound from which governments fester. That’s why José Luis Sanz did what a public official should do: stand up to extortion. Because no one is above the law that determines the maximum amount that can be allocated to these bonuses, which on the other hand put pressure on the rest of the workforce in the municipality due to relative grievances. The mayor put a maximum offer on the table, which was trampled on by the unions, who were running out of a deal of up to an extra €9,000 for Christmas. Feeling absolutely alone, he decided to resort to the only possible mechanism: activating the local emergency plan to force the police to act from the beginning of the Christmas plan.
Everyone knew what was going to happen: customers would be absent. Only 33% of those summoned went to work, after their colleagues forced them to work. The rest of the sticker claiming medical leave was erased. The unions and police officers who supported this secret strike put the safety of the people of Seville at risk. The City Council as a whole (including the opposition) would do well to open an internal investigation and take disciplinary measures against the extortion they are engaging in. This confirms the lack of a large portion of employees in the public service profession, for whom the badge and uniform are too large.