Two strikes are scheduled for this Thursday that could affect the health and education sectors. A strike called for professionals in the National Health Service and another, promoted by the National Union of State Workers, which is expected to have a greater impact on non-teaching staff in schools.
The Union of Workers of Services and Entities with Public Purposes has a strike called for this Thursday that covers workers in the as well as the State Workers Union, which includes non-teaching staff.
The strike involving health workers aims to demand urgent measures to enhance their careers, such as the replacement of points for salary progression. The hiring of permanent staff is also on the agenda, to put an end to “the abusive use of additional shifts and consecutive 16-hour days”.
The union also demands a risk subsidy for auxiliary health and nursing technicians and demands the end of the time bank and the group time bank by tacit adherence, which it claims deregulates the lives of workers and only benefits employers.
A strike covers all health workers, including hospitals, health centers, public institutes and private entities with contracts with the SNS.
Strike in schools
The strike declared by the State Workers’ Union (STMO), between 00:00 and 24:00, aims to demand an interim salary update based on the inflation rate until the third quarter of 2025, among other measures.
Workers want to creation of a meal card, with a daily value of 12 euros, tax-freeo and insist on a specific career as an education assistant.
Also, this Friday It can be a difficult day to access public services across the country. It will be a general strike day for public administration workers. Education and health should once again be the most affected areas.
