Banking unions affiliated with the UGT accused BCP this Thursday of acting in bad faith in the negotiations to review salaries and asked the Ministry of Labor to intervene to force the bank to negotiate.
In a statement released today, Mais Sindicato, SBN and SBC said that “BCP’s behavior in the salary review process for 2024 has been absolutely unacceptable” and that it acts “between lies and bad faith”.
The three unions say that “while in the conciliation meeting with the UGT Unions (BCP) claims that it can only present a new salary proposal at the end of September”, at the same time, it agreed “an increase with another union”.
On Wednesday it was announced that the National Union of Banking Staff and Technicians (SNQTB) and BCP agreed on 3% salary increases, with retroactive effect from January 1st of this year.
For the unions affiliated with the UGT, BCP should have behaved differently after, in the recent past, workers were understanding when the bank went through critical moments, “due to poor management decisions”, a period in which there were staff departures and salary cuts.
At the negotiating table with the UGT unions, they said, BCP only presented a proposal for a 2.25% salary increase and never made a 3% proposal.
“In view of this fraudulent behavior towards the members of these unions, MAIS, SBN and SBC asked DGERT (Directorate-General for Employment and Labor Relations) to immediately call a meeting for BCP to provide the necessary clarifications and, if the bad faith stance is evident, force the bank to negotiate,” reads the statement.
Bank workers’ unions affiliated with the UGT have insisted on salary increases of over 3%, justifying this with the increase in the cost of living and the high profits presented by the banks.
Source: www.jornaldenegocios.pt
