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Band Together To Demand Better Salaries
Costa Rica's police forces have banded
together in an effort to demand from the
government better salaries. Union
representatives of the Dirección General de
Migración y Extranjería, the Policía
Penitenciaria, the Fuerza Pública the
Policía de Tránsito, have all come together
in their demands.
Under the guidance of the Asociación
Nacional de Empleados Públicos y Privados (ANEP),
the police forces are asking for more money
and better working conditions.
Although the difference groups have
differing demands, they have come together
to face the ministerio de Hacienda and the
managers of the police forces to reach an
agreement.
The Policía Penitenciaria (penetentiary
police0 are looking for an increase of
between 4% and 10%. The representatives of
the Policía de Migración y Extranjería
(immigration police) say that this force is
the worst paid and are looking for wage
parity.
Union leaders say that officials of the
Policía de Migración y Extranjería earn 141%
less that their counterparts at the
Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ),
121% less that the Control de Drogas, 18%
less than the Policía Penitenciaria, 21%
less that the officers of the Policía de
Tránsito and 39% less that municipal police
officers.
The unions of the Fuerza Pública and the
Policía de Tránsito have made three separate
petitions for an increase in salaries.
Albino Vargas, head of the ANEP said that
the miniterio de Seguridad must evaluate
closely the salaries of its officers which
is falling behind quickly.
Vargas added that the same is happening with
the officers of the Policía de Transito,
saying that only the director of that police
force, Germán Marín, has received a salary
adjustment.
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