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The Canary Islands Health Department pledges to “continue to work” with the unions on the salary review

The Canary Islands Health Department pledges to “continue to work” with the unions on the salary review

Elisabeth Hernandez, director of health services in the Canary Islands, confirmed on Monday that she will continue to work with the unions represented in the sectoral table in reviewing the wages of all service workers, other than the fact that the strike has been called through one union, CESM, which has a minority position in the negotiations because it represents 20% of medical professionals in the region.

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This federation, despite the fact that it had signed the agreements at the sectoral table, distanced itself from it a few days later and asked to negotiate directly with the President of the Government of the Canary Islands for an improvement in salaries that would only affect the professional group they represented, to withdraw from collective bargaining for all care professionals health. This position has been criticized by other unions present in the dialogue with SCS.

“We have given clear messages, we have a solid roadmap and we understand that the time has come to act on the salaries of all employees and reach a consensus, for which we have created a working group ‘supported by’ all union organizations and we understand that this is the area of ​​action,” he said. Hernandez said before speaking at a meeting of judges and doctors about health, childhood and rights.

Hernandez stressed that SCS “will continue with the commitments it has to fulfill and with the strategy +APwho also understands that it “needs some improvement given by the Federation of Physicians (CESM)”.

Regarding the strike, he hoped that “common sense will prevail and it is understood that this should be the line of action for the entire SCS”.

“There is a sensitivity in the government that the time has come to review the reward, and to look for a series of indicators that will lead us to the national average in all categories, and this is what we agree on. We have a second meeting on the 24th, and the second of five agreed upon with the five federations of the table,” Hernandez confirmed. sectoral, and we will continue to progress.”

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