Andorra Union Accuses Government of Ignoring Retired Civil Servants

The Unió Sindical d’Andorra (USdA) has accused the government of administrative silence and discrimination against retired civil servants, targeting Interior Minister Marc Rossell Soler and State Secretary Marc Cornella for failing to address legitimate requests despite formal meetings and written submissions to the Public Administration and Digital Transformation ministry.

In a statement issued on Monday, the union described this pattern as a “worrying lack of institutional respect” toward public workers who devoted decades to state service. It stressed that many demands remain unresolved, with the ministry offering only generic announcements, budget-related delays, and no concrete solutions—an approach deemed unacceptable in an administration committed to transparency.

Government policy confirms pay increases for mandatory retirees from 2025 and voluntary retirees until October that year, based on grid-level rises from prior roles and capped at 10%. The USdA warned this could create new inequalities, pointing to specific documented cases that have received no reply. It also highlighted the exclusion of all retirees from productivity supplements, available only to active staff, leaving 2024 retirees entirely without such benefits and exacerbating divides between generations of public employees.

On pension reviews for 2015-2023, officials have reported only awarding a tender for public administration studies, without timelines, cost details, or firm commitments despite years of delays harming retirees’ finances. The union further criticized slow implementation of approved inflation-linked adjustments tied to the IPC, now postponed to the March payroll, as proof of bureaucratic inefficiency.

The USdA demanded formal replies, institutional respect, and targeted actions with clear deadlines to remedy these accumulated grievances. It pledged to continue defending public workers’ and retirees’ rights against discrimination and administrative shortcomings.