The claim of group B will once again lead the senior health technicians to a new day of mobilizations throughout Spain. The Commissions for the Degree have called for a strike for next May 29 with the aim of demanding that the Ministry of Finance effectively implement this civil servant category and the professional and economic recognition of the group.
The organizing organizations maintain that the conflict is directed exclusively against the Ministry of Finance, which they accuse of maintaining a "systematic blockade" and of not responding to meeting requests made during recent months.
Who calls the strike of higher health technicians?
The call has been made by the Comisiones por el Grado, a platform formed by different organizations and groups of higher health technicians. The convening entities maintain that the mobilizations seek to demand the effective application of the B civil servant group and denounce the labor and remuneration situation of the group.
When will the strike be?
The strike day is called for Friday, May 29.
Will there be gatherings?
A rally has been called in front of the Ministry of Finance, scheduled for 12:00 PM. The organizations are calling for the participation of senior health technicians from different specialties and autonomous communities.
What do higher health technicians claim?
The main demand is the effective application of group B included in the Basic Statute of Public Employees. The organizing organizations consider that this measure would allow for the professional, labor, and economic recognition of the group. They also denounce a loss of purchasing power accumulated over almost two decades and a pay grievance compared to other professional categories.
Why do they point directly to the Ministry of Finance?
The Commissions for the Degree maintain that the Treasury is the “solely responsible” for the effective paralysis of group B. They affirm that the Ministry maintains the blocking of the application of this category despite the existence of doctrine from the Supreme Court and an agreement signed in 2022 with CCOO and UGT. They also denounce the lack of response to the requests for meetings made during recent months.
What role does the Ministry of Health have?
The organizing organizations differentiate the situation of Hacienda from the work promoted by the Ministry of Health.
According to the Degree Commissions, the main professional demands of the group have been incorporated into the development of the Sanitary Framework Statute and continue to advance through working groups related to the academic and professional development of higher health technicians.
Among the initiatives mentioned by the organizations are the works for the development of university degrees in Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy, as well as Clinical Laboratory and Pathological Anatomy.
What is group B that the collective claims?
Group B appears in article 76 of the Consolidated Text of the Basic Statute of Public Employees. The organizing organizations demand its effective development for senior health technicians and maintain that its application remains pending despite being included in the regulations for years.
Will there be more mobilizations?
They have also warned that they could extend the protest calendar if the Ministry of Finance maintains its silence or rejects their claims and they assure that they will study new strikes and mobilizations if they do not receive a "quick" response on the measures planned to implement the B civil servant group by urgent procedure.
What are the organizing organizations asking for?
In addition to the effective application of group B, the organizations calling for this strike by higher health technicians demand that the Ministries of Finance and Public Function receive representatives of the group to inform them about the planned measures. The Commissions for the Degree maintain that the conflict "will only be resolved with facts" and have called for support for both the strike and the rally planned in Madrid.