This Tuesday, the San Juan de Dios National Union confirmed that on April 2 they will be taken to Cabo manifestations and blockages in different sectors of Guatemala Due to the disagreement they expressed After the proposal of the health authorities on a salary increase.
According to Aníbal Flores statements, the union does not agree with the proposal of the health authorities made to the National Union of Health Workers of Guatemala (SNTSG), which consists of an increase Q1 thousand per month For all workers of the lines 011, 021, 022, and 031, yuN Single Bono of Q2 thousand for advisors 029 and hired under subgroup 18.
In the words of the trade unionist, the authorities have expressed the willingness to want to attend Their demands but are not congruent in the ways of acting.
“The problem we see is How much do the authorities of the Ministry of the life of each healthy?at the time of pandemic we were told heroes, but today, the authorities are turning our back on us, “Flores said.
Therefore, the blockages and manifestations announced in different parts of Guatemala will be carried out. The points announced are the departments of Alta Verapaz, Quiché, Totonicapán, Baja Verapaz, Zacapa and San Marcos; While in the capital city it will be in the Roosevelt Calzada, the Peripheral and Las Américas Avenue.
Flores indicates that at some points they will be taken to Cabo blockages and in others the passage of vehicles will be allowed, although it did not specify which.
He added that the union is pending some meetings at 3pm today and 5 pm, But he still said that the demonstrations will continue.
Meeting with the MSPAS
On the other hand, the Ministry of Health issued a statement where they reported that they met with the San Juan de Dios National Union, where they affirm that progress has been made with the implementation of article 140 of the 2025 Budget Law.
“The union representatives They reported that they will make peaceful manifestations as a form of expressionwith the commitment that these will not affect at any time the free locomotion of citizenship, “says the statement.