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Affiliates of the San Juan de Dios National Union protest to demand a salary increase, but reach health agreements and unlock the roads.
The mobilizations of the San Juan de Dios National Union will rise at 11.30 on Wednesday, April 2, and the measures announced for April 3 are canceled. (Free Press Photo: Amílcar Montejo)
The mobilizations of health workers that take place this Wednesday, April 2 in various parts of the country They will get up at 11.30 amaccording to Carlos Noé Santos Urías, general secretary of the San Juan de Dios National Union. Those planned for On Thursday, April 3 will be suspended.
Santos Urías mentions that the decision was made after the meeting they held with the health authorities last Tuesday, in which they agreed that its proposal of a salary increase of Q2 thousand 500 and two Q3 thousand bonds for workers will be evaluatedand that a technical table will be established that will take place each month to analyze its requests.
The leaders of the San Juan de Dios National Union also requested the recognition of the organization nationwide and be part of the negotiations.
With this approach and dialogue, Santos Urías points out that one of the requests that as a group had; however, They took to the streets this Wednesday to show that they are not satisfied with the proposal of Q1 thousand of increase and Q2 thousand of a unique bonus that offers health.
“What we are doing today is to let them know that workers do not agree with the Ministry’s proposal. Tomorrow we will not have activity in any of the points that had been announced,” said the union leader.
The San Juan de Dios National Union had announced mobilizations in more than 15 points for this April 2 and 3, in order to demand the Ministry of Health Compliance with article 140 of Decree 36-2024Law of General Budget of Income and Expenditures of the State for fiscal year 2025, approved last November.
The regulations establish that, to strengthen human resources in the health system, there will be a salary increase and economic incentive; In addition, the reclassification of the personnel will be carried out, the transfer of temporary contractors will continue to permanent line and the amount of the study scholarships for the Epesists of the Medicine career will be increased.
The five points indicated in article 140 are those demanded by the healthy ones.