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The Spanish Fedeca federation considers the civil servant salary agreement extended until 2028 a "fraud by law" as it exceeds the current legislative term. The organization also calls for salary increases to account for real inflation to maintain purchasing power.
The Federation of Associations of Superior Bodies of State Civil Administration (Fedeca) considers the salary agreement signed between the Government and the UGT and CSIF unions, which foresees an 11% salary increase between 2025 and 2028, to be a "fraud by law". On Monday, the president of this association of high-ranking civil servants, Ana Ercoreca, stated that the pact exceeds the current legislative term.
"The commitment is for the period 2025-2028, which constitutes a fraud by law, as we are talking about a term that exceeds the current legislative mandate," stated Ercoreca, who is also the president of the Union of Labor and Social Security Inspectors. In her opinion, the Government should only commit for the current legislature, which ends in 2027. Discussing a future beyond 2028, when "we don't know what the landscape will be," is a "fraud by law" and should be endorsed by Congress.
Beyond this discrepancy regarding the duration of the agreement, Fedeca evaluates the increases "positively," but at the same time, it has a fundamental objection: it criticizes that the agreement does not consider real inflation, but only a projection of price evolution. The agreement foresees a cumulative increase of 11% (up to 11.4% considering the effect on bonuses). The increase for 2025 will be 2.5%, applied retroactively from January 1st. In January 2026, remuneration will increase by another 1.5%.
Ercoreca believes that this increase "will mean nothing" if real CPI is not taken into account. That is, her association considers that possible increases linked to price evolution will not compensate for unexpected CPI increases. "The annual increases do not account for the real CPI," criticized Ercoreca. Thus, Fedeca proposes a reassessment that takes into account the accumulated inflation of each year, instead of a projection, as the agreement between civil servants and the Government provides. "If it is not accompanied by the CPI increase, it will not be a real increase. It will mean a loss of purchasing power," commented Ercoreca, highlighting the difficulties for civil servants who move to cities like Madrid or Barcelona (with above-average housing prices) at the beginning of their careers. "We evaluate positively a trend of increase, but we want them to be linked to the real CPI," summarized Ercoreca.
The president of Fedeca also welcomed the "reduction of waiting times in public job offers," a delay that, according to Ercoreca, generates "inefficiencies" in public administration.
