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Health workers strike
EMPLOYEES in Torrevieja Department for Health are set to hold a strike to demand better working conditions from Tuesday, April 11.
The strike was originally planned to take place over Easter, but the unions have decided to postpone it “out of responsibility” due to the negative implications for residents’ health that a strike could have during the holiday period.
Members of the Department for Health’s committee held a rally on Wednesday, March 15 at the entrance to Torrevieja Hospital, where they read out a joint statement along with colleagues from the Department for Health from La Ribera who are also facing poor working conditions.
Both of the groups are demanding that the Ministry of Health includes all staff in the negoti ation of the new agreement for working conditions and pay. sengers, 12.8 per cent more than before the pandemic and 44.6 per cent more than in 2022.
This demand comes days after the Minister for Health, Miguel Mínguez, announced that his Ministry is working on a single agreement for all public health services.
Overall travel figures are 35.5 per cent higher than last year and are even greater than 2019, ie before Covid, showing that air travel figures continue to improve every year irrespective of the pandemic.
ON the third anniversary of the Covid19 pandemic officially closing down Spain, a heartwarming tribute ceremony was held on Tuesday March 14 at Elche’s newly inaugurated Memorial Garden for Covid19 Victims, located next to the Old Cemetery.
Representatives from organisations and charities that worked tirelessly to fight Covid19 in Elche attended the ceremony which served as a
