A Basque company condemns four cleaners from a hospital in Madrid for denouncing lack of material
- The company Garbialdi, which offers cleaning services, has sanctioned four workers with 45 days of suspension of employment and salary due to lack of material in the company. The four workers are cleaning workers of the Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid and since 2017, the year in which the cleaning service began, there have been conflicts between workers and companies.
Workers have also denounced the poor working conditions in which they are immersed. In April of last year, the companies that went on strike did not pay the working hours of public holidays or the bonuses for shift changes. However, the struggle at the moment is favorable to obtain more material, as with the material they have they do not get to clean everything: “We don’t get to clean all the sections, we don’t get enough clothes and each one can only be used once to prevent contamination,” can be read in the statement released by the workers.
This communiqué, issued on 17 December last, was one of the reasons why workers have been convicted. The company considers that the dissemination of this communication has been a "very serious mistake" and has therefore sanctioned the workers.
Old stories
The company Garbialdi has been in charge of cleaning the hospital since 2017 and has since denounced workers who do not comply with the agreements. In addition to the above-mentioned protests and strikes, they have been mobilized on other occasions by demanding more material or workers from the company.
This company has also had conflicts in Euskal Herria, as in September 2018 the workers of the courts of Gipuzkoa started a strike for poor working conditions. Both in this case and in that of the Hospital of Madrid, the contract was renewed to the company Garbialdi to the surprise of the workers. One of the sanctioned workers, Elena Varela, has focused the problem on the privatization of public health.
Elizondoko osasun etxeko medikuaren bulegoan ez da medikurik izan gaur. Lehen eguna dute herrian sendagilerik gabe eta kezkatuta daude. Bizilagunak Baztango Osasun Plataforman batzartzen hasiak dira eta asteazkenetan protesta egiten dute kalean egoera salatzeko.
Lack of good doctors for a high middle grade policy. This policy has ensured that very few young people have reached the medical career and the MIR has further removed people from that career.
And there are few Basque doctors because the knowledge of Euskera in this profession... [+]
Osasun publiko eta kalitatezkoaren aldeko manifestazioak izango dira larunbat honetan. Eguerdiko 12:00etan Gasteizen eta Bilbon, eta 17:00etan Donostian.
