Brazilian public employees to mobilize for salary adjustment

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Thousands of public employees and public servants in Brazil are preparing for Tuesday, January 18, a national strike in demand of salary claims to the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro.

The National Permanent Forum of Typical State Careers (Fonacate), which groups 37 unions and represents 200,000 federal employees, demands a salary increase of at least 28 percent for their members.

According to the president of Fonacate, Rudinei Marques, the last salary increase dates from January 2017. Since then, the National Consumer Price Index rose 27.2 percent, so “more than a quarter of the salaries have already been eroded with inflation.”

The day’s strike also responds to the Brazilian government’s intentions to guarantee salary increases to police officers, considered part of Bolsonaro’s support base.

The government measure was announced in December last year and generated concern in the civil service.

The strike organizers expect the measure to be supported by the Forum of National Entities of Federal Public Servants (Fonasefe), which brings together more than one million federal employees.

Brazilian media indicated that there would be a mobilization in the capital Brasilia during the day of the strike, and other actions would be carried out through digital platforms from all over the national territory.

The organizers of the national strike denounced that the Bolsonaro Government in the 2022 Budget allocated R$1.7 billion (US$300 million) to increase salaries to the Federal Police, the Federal Highway Police, and the National Penitentiary Department.

Fonocate recalled that for January 25 and 26, a new national strike was called against President Bolsonaro’s intentions.

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