Private health workers called a partial strike to demand salary adjustments for August 23

The union leader said that “institutions and the government are playing a role in withdrawing from this issue.” Likewise, he made it clear that health services would not be affected in any way. “If we maintain the health care of the population in the midst of the epidemic that has claimed the lives of more than 200 health workers, then let the Uruguayans rest assured that they will not be affected,” he explained.

Health workers in the private sector are also calling for a better distribution of working hours and rest periods.

The Secretary of FUS said that after the expiry of the collective agreement for the non-medical private health worker sector on June 30 this year, the Executive Authority (PE) extended a call to workers as it was limited to hearing but “no motion”.

“It is inconceivable that there is no agreement, the collective bargaining law sanctioned. The longer it takes for the government to make a proposal, establish formal negotiations and reach an agreement, two things happen: first, the greater the tension about salary insecurity for workers; and second what will be Companies have to pay him for the edit and everything together.”

In the same sense, he also specified that this meeting took place about two or three weeks ago, and since then, they have not contacted the union again.

Likewise, he noted, the claim is also based on the premise that “the government is saying the economy is growing” for the sake of what – they understood – that “wages should grow at the same rate.”

“What FUS is suggesting is that it could be for two or three years, but the real salary should be preserved. For example, the agreement signed in 2020, which expired in June, allowed for a refund of 100% of the salary loss. He gave in. In that Period, it happened in private health and in construction, no other special activity 100% recovered.

In this ranking, he also referred to the online training courses that officials have been implementing since 2017, for which they receive a payment of 3.5% of the worker’s total annual wage bill.

“Between 2020 and 2022, the government tried to withdraw these elements from us and we had a three-month struggle during the pandemic. Obviously, in the scenario of low wages as is happening across the country, it allows for a preference for purchasing power.”