ELA calls a strike on April 10 in Navarran homes in defense of a new agreement

He ALS association has called for April 10 to be a day of strike in the Navarra residences to break the employers’ ‘blockade’ in negotiating the agreement.

During a meeting in front of the Navarre parliament, ELA reaffirmed that mobilization and strike are the “only tool” to advance the negotiations on the first residence agreement in Navarre. The center denounces that the situation of workers in the residences of Navarra is “very precarious”: “a state agreement with a working day of 1,792 hours per year, salaries that barely reach 1,000 euros, sick leave that is not replenished, and most of them working on weekends and public holidays.”

In May 2021, the negotiating table of the first agreement of the nursing home sector in Navarre. There have been numerous meetings since then, until in June 2023 “the employers decided to break off negotiations,” according to ELA, the union with the largest representation in the sector.

The main requirements are an annual holiday 1592 hours and a minimum wage of 1500 euros, in addition to improving relations. “Because without good working conditions you cannot get quality services. We must remember that Bizkaia’s residence agreement stipulates an annual working day of 1,592 hours and salaries of at least 1,600 euros, which shows that what is claimed for Navarra is achievable,” they say. assign.

ALS also requires Government of Navarre greater involvement in reaching an agreement that improves working conditions in homes. It is a sector supported by public money and dependent on the government, “so the responsibility of the government of Navarre is direct.”