Workers from nursing homes in Bizkaia have carried out various mobilizations this Thursday to demand the involvement of the Provincial Council in the resolution of the conflict.
Workers of the residences for the elderly in Bizkaia They have carried out various mobilizations this Thursday to demand the involvement of the Provincial Council in the resolution of the conflict, something “essential” for union representatives. The protest is part of the day of strike convened by the ELA and LAB unions, each on their own.
In a sit-in organized by LAB in front of the Foral Palace, in Bilbao, a representation of the workers has recalled that in recent days the union has requested a meeting with the regional deputy for Social Action, Sergio Murillo, who is asked to appear at the General Assemblies of Bizkaia to establish its position in this conflict. However, they have denounced that Murillo has made “deaf ears to these requests” what has led them to summon this new sitting before the Foral Palace.
LAB asks, among other things, “Equipling the working conditions of the workers in struggle with those of the public sector and reviewing the current ratios as soon as possible, increasing the workforce”. In his opinion, for the negotiating table to be unblocked and to be able to negotiate the improvement of the working conditions of the workers, “the Provincial Council has to sit down to negotiate” as well.
ELA, for its part, has held a sit-in at the Puente de Deusto. The workers have cut off traffic in two lanes with a banner with the slogan No to the care business.
After a few minutes they went to Plaza Ugasko, where the Social Action headquarters of the Provincial Council are located, where they demanded “a radical change in the care model” and chanted phrases such as “we take care of them, you steal from them” and “as there is no negotiation, mobilization”.
The worker Ainhoa Perez He has denounced that his working conditions “are much worse” since the arrival of the pandemic and the companies that manage these services refuse to negotiate “and right now there is no relationship with the employer.”
In his opinion, “the Diputación is a very important part” in solving the problem, “but turn a deaf ear“.
Source: Eitb
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