The Minister of Health, Mónica García, met this month with the unions in the negotiations on the historic status (SATSA-FSES, CC OO, UGT, CSIF and CIG-Saúde) and received a “verbal warning” that when the concrete was reached, the recall of the Hulga planned in the future would be expected. Precisely, the purpose of the meeting was to address the necessary measures for the members of the sectoral table to suspend this convocation, the initial closing of which is scheduled for January 27. Since then, the unions have declared having obtained a “verbal warning” with the minister concerning the improvement of jubilation, the 35-hour day and the increase in sanctions.
Among the commitments incorporated in the agreement, there is “the establishment of an ordinary working day of 35 hours per week”, announced by the Ministry of Health at the end of the meeting through a press release. This department explains that it will apply “according to modalities defined in the corresponding areas of negotiation, meeting the organizational and assistance needs of health services”.
As for partial jubilation, the new preliminary provides that all statutory personnel who meet the requirements established in Social Security will be able to access it. They can also access in advance professionals “who meet legal requirements, before carrying out an in-depth study of working conditions throughout the national health system”.
“Issues that are not part of the competence of the Ministry of Health and which, therefore, are not incorporated into the text of the Framework Statute, will be addressed through a specific agreement,” said the department led by García. These refer to the remuneration that comes with professional classification. The head of Health of the CSIF, Fernando Hostangas, confirmed that “reaching an agreement was certainly within the framework of the text of the Framework Statute”.
The unions’ negotiations are taking place independently of the demands of doctors, who took to the streets in cities including Madrid, Barcelona and Seville last week. Medical unions said the agreement did not affect their negotiations. In X, Amyts published that “the medical and elective department (…) continues to progress.”
Unlike these demonstrations, today’s negotiations are taking place to reach a transversal agreement for all health professionals. On this occasion, Hulga’s announcement was made on December 4. The unions at the table said they were disappointed with the way Minister García was conducting the negotiations. They accused them of hiding the smuggler of the new historic agreement and of their lack of intention to reach a “fair, useful and beneficial agreement for all workers without exception, without privileges between professional collectives”, they then declared.
But with the Hulgalga announcement on the horizon, the negotiations were able to produce and this time with better results, reported by the unions. “We can suspend the huelga,” Hostangas said.
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