This call to action is part of a nationwide strike calendar affecting over 175,000 medical professionals. The stoppages are scheduled from April 27 to 30, following two previous weeks of strikes held since February.
Medical unions express their rejection of the text proposed by the Ministry of Health and call for specific regulation for the profession. They request that their working conditions be processed outside the general framework statute of the National Health System.
Among the main demands are issues related to working hours, on-call duties, professional classification, retirement, and the creation of dedicated negotiation spaces for the collective.
“"The Ministry maintains that it has proposed ways to unblock negotiations, while the strike committee believes that the proposals do not address the main demand: a specific framework for doctors."
The conflict reaches this new week of strike without significant progress between the Ministry of Health and the convening committee. The unions maintain their stance and have announced further mobilizations from May 18 to 22 and from June 15 to 19 if no rapprochement occurs between the parties.
