The same intrusion, both in public and private employers
- In recent weeks in Hego Euskal Herria there have been two major strikes, and the workers have come out of the street together. In Gipuzkoa, residential staff and day centres for the elderly – almost 5,000 people. In Bizkaia, the metal workforce – which brings tens of thousands of people together in the most important sectors of this territory –.
They both go long. In the metal of Bizkaia, the parishes are regular and there are already five; after the summer they will fight again if no agreement is reached with the workers in July. In the residences of Gipuzkoa, workers have been on strike for 70 days.
Behind the two strikes there is the same reason: the negotiation for a dignified convention. In the case of nursing homes, women are asking for economic improvements, as they consider that the wage gap suffered by workers in private residences is 30%, 6,000 euros per year. They also demand an improvement in the quality of care. Metal workers, for their part, want the economic growth of companies to be noted in wages as well.
While in the metal, in addition to the strike, there are also demonstrations, in the residences a march has been made throughout the territory under the motto Guardias underway. The response of employers, private in metal and public in nursing homes (foreign institution), has been the same: intrantsigencia. Negotiations and attempts at dialogue have been postponed in order to allow the situation to worsen further. Similar experiences and work conflicts like the previous ones should give what to think of these employers. Much more is lost with intransigence than with dialogue. And the public employer should be an example for the private.
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