The nurses are on strike this Tuesday and Wednesday for two more days to demand back pay to January 2018 and the parity of their career with that of public administration graduates.
These two days of strike were called by the Portuguese Nurses Union (SEP) and follow a first strike held on Thursday and Friday, which, according to the leader Guadalupe Simões, registered a global participation of around 60%????????
“The expectation is at least the same level of adherence” to the strike, as well as to the concentration scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, together with the Ministry of Health, Guadalupe Simões told Lusa.
With this strike, the SEP hopes that Manuel Pizarro’s ministry will schedule a meeting to begin negotiations aimed at restore parity between the nursing career and that of a senior technician in public administration, alleging that there is discrimination at all salary levels.
In addition, the union demands the payment of the replacement of career points retroactively to January 2018 and not to January of this year, as the Government recently decided.
At the beginning of the month, the Ministry of Health announced that, after negotiations with the different unions, around 20,000 nurses would be covered by the unfreezing of salary progression, with the payment of payments retroactive to January 2022.
The advance notice of the strike provides for minimum services for “provide in unavoidable situations“, such as emergencies, intensive care, operating room with the exception of scheduled surgeries, hemodialysis and cancer treatments, among others.
Source: Observadora
