According to CCOO, the municipal government, formed by PSOE and Más Madrid, is not covering long-term sick leaves, maternity, or paternity leaves, despite an active and updated employment pool. Some of these absences have reportedly lasted for almost a year.
Control and maintenance auxiliaries, known as ACMEP, perform their duties in various municipal spaces, including public schools, sports pavilions and facilities, libraries, council offices, cultural centers, and citizen service centers.
The staff shortage is creating critical situations, such as public school directors having to open centers due to the absence of caretakers, a problem also occurring in other municipal offices. The union emphasizes that this staffing deficit can lead to risks, citing as an example an assault suffered by a worker on April 19 at the Parla Youth Center, while working alone.
“"This situation is not due to a temporary management problem. The abandonment of the service is a deliberate strategy with a clear purpose: to privatize the service and, once again, hand over public money to some company."
CCOO criticizes that the municipal government, despite presenting itself as "progressive and a defender of public services," decided in December to reduce the number of positions offered in the Public Employment Offer to reinforce this service from 14 to 7. This decision is particularly concerning, as one-third of the staff in this group is expected to retire in the coming years.
The union demands immediate measures from the Parla City Council to halt the deterioration of the service, including covering vacancies caused by long-term temporary incapacities using the current employment pool. It also requests the replacement of the service manager, who has been on sick leave since June 2025, an absence that, according to the union, prevents the other responsible person from exercising their right to rest normally in a service that operates seven days a week.
Furthermore, CCOO demands that the number of positions in the call be increased again to the initially planned 14, as stated in the terms published on December 12, 2025.
“"We will oppose with all our strength and tools any privatization process of public services, regardless of the political color of the municipal government."
The union advocates for maintaining strong, sufficient, and directly managed public services to protect citizens' rights, as opposed to outsourced models that, they warn, can harm both resident care and workers' conditions.
