The Union of Workers of Services and Entities with Public Purposes has a strike called for this Thursday, October 23, which covers workers from the National Health Service, as well as the Union of State Workers, which includes non-teaching staff.
The shutdowns are expected to have an impact on several services.
The strike involving health workers aims to demand urgent measures to enhance their careers, such as the replacement of points for salary progression.
The hiring of permanent staff is also on the agenda to put an end to “the abusive use of additional shifts and consecutive 16-hour days”.
The union also demands a risk subsidy for auxiliary health and nursing technicians and demands the end of the time bank and the group time bank by tacit adherence, which it claims deregulates the lives of workers and only benefits employers.
The strike covers all health workers, including hospitals, health centers, public institutes and private entities with contracts with the SNS.
The strike declared by the State Workers’ Union (STMO), between 00:00 and 24:00, aims to demand an interim salary update based on the inflation rate until the third quarter of 2025, among other measures.
The workers want to create a meal card, with a daily value of 12 euros, exempt from tax, and insist on a specific career as an education assistant.