Economía

Posadas Hospital workers will carry out a 24-hour strike

Los reclamos principales son el pase a planta permanente de 5 mil trabajadores, la actualización salarial y licencias por stress  

  • 03/10/2023 • 08:37

The Union Association of Health Professionals (Cicop) of the Posadas Hospital will carry out a 24-hour strike this Thursday, within the framework of the forceful measures that health union organizations in the provinces of Chaco, Tucumán and Argentina have been carrying out this week. Neuquén grouped in the Trade Union Federation of Health Professionals of the Argentine Republic, demanding a salary update, transfer to permanent staff for all workers and leave due to stress. From the Posadas de Cicop section they reported that "the 24-hour strike tomorrow is in demand of the transfer to permanent staff of 5 thousand workers and salary recomposition, within the framework of a force measure that has the support of the union organizations of Chaco, Tucumán and Neuquén". "The strike begins tonight at midnight, with maintenance of minimum guards and hospitalization is guaranteed. The demand continues to be the transfer to a permanent ward for all hospital workers," the president of Cicop-Hospital explained to Télam. Posadas, Mirtha Jaime. In turn, Dr. Claudia Amerisse from Cicop, said that "the claims are the permanent pass that they owe us from thirty years ago, which is by decree for all agents of the Posadas Hospital." "We also demand leave for stress, which only the Posadas Hospital lacks, and the third demand is the updating of remuneration, the very low salaries of medical and non-medical personnel," he added. "Of the five thousand hospital workers, 90% are in precarious conditions, some for more than 25 years. Other demands have to do with a salary recomposition, the granting of licenses due to stress and the reopening of joint ventures. For everyone For these reasons, they called for a new 24-hour strike for Thursday the 28th," Ignacio Marchini of Cicop-Fesprosa told Télam.