Over 80 employees of the Deva Penitentiary participated, on Monday morning, in a snap protest, in front of the institution's headquarters, dissatisfied that overtime and other monetary rights will no longer be paid.
The penitentiary police announce that they will refuse to perform unpaid services.
The protest was attended by employees who left the night shift, people who came from home during their free time, but also people who retired from the Deva Penitentiary.
"The government plans to stop paying overtime, weekends and hours worked on public holidays. Due to the lack of staff, at the Deva Penitentiary we work over a thousand overtime hours every month. There are also over 1,500 days of vacation that have not been taken, some even since 2022," Liviu Patrut, president of the Vulturul independent trade union told AGERPRES.
According to the trade union leader, in the case of the Deva Penitentiary, the staff deficit is almost 20%, in the context in which, under the new conditions, hiring will be blocked.
The prison police are also dissatisfied that the food and equipment quotas will no longer be updated, that the unpaid vacation days will no longer be paid, and that a co-payment will be charged for vacation vouchers.
The prison police protests will continue, stating that they will refuse unpaid overtime.