The PSP union and the GNR association want the MAI to resume negotiations “as soon as possible”

The Police Professionals' Union Association and the Security Professionals' Association today asked the government to resume negotiations initiated by the previous government "as soon as possible", admitting to moving forward with protests in the absence of responses.

“The ASPP/PSP, given the reality in which the PSP finds itself and its daily life, calls on the Government, through the Minister of Internal Administration (MAI), to meet with the PSP Unions as soon as possible, in order to resume the negotiations that began in January 2025, with the aim of fulfilling the agreement signed in July 2024, which promoted these negotiations”, said the Police Professionals' Trade Union Association (ASPP/PSP), in a statement.

Also in a note to the media, the Association of Security Professionals (APG/GNR) recalls that, in July 2024, an agreement was reached with the Government and that it intended to respond to several issues, namely the review of careers, remuneration and supplements and the evaluation system.

"The APG/GNR wants to believe that the Government will honor its word and now urges the minister to immediately resume negotiations, and is certain that it will not shy away from taking any justified forms of protest and struggle in the absence of responses," the AGP states.

In July 2024, when the Ministry of Internal Affairs signed an agreement with the PSP unions and the GNR association regarding an increase in the risk allowance, new negotiations were scheduled to discuss pay scales, career paths, and a review of supplements. The previous minister began negotiations in January, which merely established a meeting schedule, but were interrupted with the fall of the government.

The APG indicates that it requested a hearing shortly after the Minister of Internal Administration took office, but has not received a response to date, and regrets that from Maria Lúcia Amaral “nothing has been heard about GNR professionals, their rights and working conditions.

"The GNR and the professionals who serve it are at their limit, and ensuring preventive and proximity policing, under the terms of the program that the Government put to a vote, must necessarily involve dialogue with the associative structures, respecting the professionals' right to representation," he says, highlighting "the great discontent" among the staff.

The ASPP also refers to “the deplorable state in which the Public Security Police finds itself” and, as an example, highlights the unfilled admission exams, pre-retirement “rushed for 10 years”, “constant cuts to leave” and police officer exhaustion.

The PSP's largest union also indicates that supplements "have not been reviewed since 2009" and salaries continue to remain unchanged.

"The ASPP/PSP signed an agreement with the Government in July 2024, which provides an urgent opportunity to develop appropriate responses to these problems. To date, despite the PSP's moribund services and overwhelmed professionals, the current Government has not, and will not, show any signs of action," he explains.

The ASPP expresses its willingness to negotiate, but warns that it is also ready to demonstrate its indignation through various forms of struggle, such as demonstrations.