Osakidetza's trade union majority announced a strike this autumn to demand improvements in working conditions for "all groups"

Osakidetza's union majority (LAB, SATSE, ELA, CCOO and UGT) will start a strike dynamic this fall to demand job improvements "for all groups."

At a press conference in the media, the majority unions in Osakidetza denounced on Wednesday that the agreement signed by the Medical Union of the Basque Country withthe Department of Health excludes structural problems, so they advocate "global negotiation to ensure quality and unburdened public health."

The trade unions argue that the pact reached between the Department of Health and the Medical Union (SME) does not meet the real needsof doctors or the public health system. They warn that this agreement arises outside the usual channels, "weakening the role of the Sectoral Bureau", in which the other trade unions are also represented.

According to the unions, the Department of Health's strategy leaves unaddressed vital problems such as the lackof professionals, the difficulty of ensuring generational relay, or the high care burden.

"The model based on overtime is not sustainable," they warn. In this regard, the announced mobilizations aim to give a "definitive change of course" to personnel policies through three main axes: updating the Regulatory Agreement, carrying out a staffing analysis and defending collective bargaining.

The protests will take place under the slogan "DEFEND THE NEGOTIATION. NOW IS THE TIME! Decent conditions for quality public health" and the calendar of mobilizations will be announced in September.

In conclusion, the trade union majority has called on the public to join the protests and has made it clear that the strikes are not directed against a particular professional group, but against the Department of Health's strategy of "pitting different categories against each other."