The CC.OO. union section at the Alcorcón City Council has expressed its strong opposition to the dismissal of a temporary worker, arguing that this decision creates profound "job insecurity" among the municipal staff and sets an "unacceptable precedent."
The union maintains that the dismissal is an "unjustified firing" stemming from the council's "inability and negligence" in managing the Public Employment Offer (OPE). According to CC.OO., the position remained necessary, and the decision was not based on budgetary or organizational reasons, contradicting previous guarantees offered to the worker.
CC.OO. criticizes the municipal corporation for making "the affected party pay for its own lack of foresight" by not filling the position within the legal deadlines, thus failing to meet the objective of Law 20/2021 to reduce temporality in public administrations.
Consequently, the union has requested an "immediate" reinforcement of the Human Resources department and an acceleration of pending Public Employment Offers to prevent similar situations in the future.
“"It is particularly serious that CC.OO. attempts to present as an arbitrary dismissal what is nothing more than the strict application of current legislation and the technical criteria required in any serious public administration."
The municipal government has rejected the accusations, explaining that the dismissal is "exclusively due to a technical and legal issue" related to the current legislation's maximum limit of three years for temporary contracts. They argue that advertising the position as a civil servant role complies with regulations and that maintaining the temporary status would have "put the selection process at risk."
The local executive has highlighted the stabilization process implemented since 2019, which has affected 162 positions, and noted that 64 selection processes for 160 municipal positions are currently active. They accuse the union of "constructing a narrative based on conflict and manipulation."
