​According to the teachers, medical workers are also taking to the streets today, the main dissatisfaction is mainly related to salaries and allowances, as well as the blocking of employment in the system after the adoption of the “economy regime” by the Government. Decree” in May. The Federation of Trade Unions Solidaritatea Sanităra announced for today, starting at 11:00, protest rallies in front of the headquarters of the Government, the Ministry of Health and the Parliament and a protest march along the route Piața Victoriei (Government) – Piața Revoluției (MoH and Ministry of Labor) – Constitution Square (Parliament).

Schedule of protests for today:

• 11:00-12:00 – rally on Victory Square.

• 12:00-12:30 – procession from Victory Square to Revolution Square.

• 12:30-13:00 – rally on Revolution Square / Ministry of Health and Ministry of Labor.

• 13:00 -13:30 – procession from Revolution Square to Constitution Square.

• 13:30-14:30 – rally on Constitution Square.

What are the demands of the “Sanitary Solidarity” trade unions:

• 1. Provision of all rights provided for by the current legislation on labor remuneration:

• a) Provision of a basic salary at the level of 2022 for all health care workers.

• b. Notification of an increase in working conditions to the basic salary of auxiliary medical personnel (nurses, carers, stretchers), TESA and medical workers.

• c) Inclusion of allowances for variability and for work on holidays to the basic salary in the remuneration of all categories of personnel.

• g. Payment of the work of security guards at the hourly rate of the basic rate.

• 2. Adoption of the wage fund (in terms of health care) in agreement with the Ministry of Health (according to the form established with social partners) and its application as soon as possible. In the agreed form, the draft law provides:

• a. The transfer of all employees in the public health sector, starting with nurses, according to the salary scale

• b) The possibility of an effective and relevant increase in the income of medical workers

• 3. Acceptance of the proposals of the Federation “Solidarity of Health” to the collective labor agreement at the industry level, disagreements, conclusion and execution of this collective labor agreement.

• 4. Updating the amount of the food allowance, taking the minimum wage as a guide and excluding it from the calculation of the limit of allowances.

• 5. Unlocking positions in the health care system

• 6. Increasing the share of health care costs in GDP at the level of the EU average.

“Governors must understand that they cannot discuss the wage fund with the social partners and then change it at will, that they cannot promise to sign a collective agreement at the sectoral level and be more than half a year late in fulfilling this commitment.” – it is stated in the message of trade unionists of “Sanitary Solidarity”.

“The participants of these actions will demonstrate to the governments their determination to continue the announced program of protests, which may lead to a general strike. We warn the politicians that we do not change the program of actions at their will and due to conjunctural agreements, but only when the legitimate expectations of the workers are met,” they add.

Sanitas is threatening to launch a general strike at the end of June

Sanitas, the other major union federation in the healthcare system, has already announced a separate protest calendar from Sanitary Solidarity.

In Japan, on Wednesday, June 7, the Sanitas trade union went on strike – they work with white armbands.

A Japanese strike has been announced by Sanitas for June 7-15, and at the end of June the unions will go on a general strike if the government does not implement the already negotiated solutions to their demands.

On the other hand, the Government announced last week after a meeting with the unions that it had found a solution to the main demands of the health union activists, but they gave the executive until June 15 to implement these solutions, otherwise, they say that will start a general strike at the end of June.

Rafila: We are trying to find a solution so that the question of a general strike does not arise

​Health Minister Alexandru Rafila said on Wednesday that they are trying to find a solution so that the question of a general strike in the health sector does not arise. He says that he meets with representatives of trade unions in the health care system every day.

“We meet with trade union representatives every day. And this morning I had a meeting with Sanitas. We are trying to find a solution so that the question of a general strike in the health care sector does not arise, and this protest of theirs is a signal for everyone, of course, and for us, that certain problems need to be solved. Those that we can solve now, we will solve in a very short time, others will probably need the approval of new legislation in the field of labor remuneration, which will eliminate certain inequities in labor remuneration. What we discussed at the level of the Ministry of Health, we undertook, namely, the completion of negotiations and the signing of the Collective Agreement, the memorandum on filling vacant positions, and the payment of vacations from a separate fund. which no longer burdens budget hospitals and creates inequalities. All these problems have been solved, we are trying to find a solution for others as well,” said the Minister of Health, quoted by Agerpres, on Wednesday.

According to him, the Japanese strike, which started yesterday by the trade unions of the medical system, is a wake-up call, and the Ministry of Health is trying to find a solution in the current economic context.

“The Japanese strike is a signal from the unions, it is the right of the unions to give us such signals, to protect the rights of union members, but we are trying to find a solution in the economic context in which we find ourselves. . Of course, it’s not just about the Ministry of Health, it’s about the Romanian government and the availability that exists from a financial point of view,” says the Minister of Health.