The Association of State Workers (ATE) of Capital This Tuesday he expressed his rejection of the exclusion from the current collective bargaining agreement of the new nursing law approved in November in the Buenos Aires Legislature. Furthermore, he asked the Ministry of Health, in charge of Fernan Quiros, a meeting to discuss joint agreements.
“We see with great concern that in recent days since the Hospitals of the City Nursing staff have been informed that They can no longer use the license for personal days“he denounced ATE in a statement.
The organization expressed its “rejection to this interpretation of the new nursing law that contradicts the legal system and ignores the validity of the Collective Agreement in force in the City,” he indicated in a statement.
The union led by Daniel Catalano maintained that the law of the government of the City of Buenos Aires “can’t delete neither repeal benefits conventionally agreed upon.
He also added that the leave for personal procedures of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CCT) “must continue in force” given that is “more favorable” for the worker and “constitutes an acquired right for nurses”. He also requested the Health portfolio a call “with speed” to discuss the parity of the sector.
Nursing demands that judicial measures be complied with after, in 2022, the Justice will rule in their favor due to the equating of the activity with Law 6035which would imply the inclusion of activity in the health professional regime and not as municipal employees, which would imply significant improvements in salaries and working conditions.
The new Nursing law in CABA
At the end of November, the Buenos Aires Legislature approved the bill by just one vote. Nursing law of the PRO and the Civic Coalition that incorporates the graduates to the professional career by creating a special regime of employment.
In a hot room, with crossed accusations, the ruling party, with support of the libertarians and part of the UCR, They gave the green light to the project that creates the Employment and Professional Development Regime of Public Sector Nursing within the City, which will exclusively cover male and female nurses, who until then were considered administrative employees.
In addition to changes in the hierarchy, the project foresees raise workers’ income to 90% of what doctors receive, but within three years. The workload will continue to be 35 hours per week. “We are not being haters of nursing. That is why we have the discussions we do,” defended del Gaiso, head of the CC block, at the closing of the speakers.
It is estimated that in the In the local public system there are a total of 11 thousand nurses: six thousand graduates of technical degrees and five thousand graduates of bachelor’s degrees. Law 6,035 has been in force since 2018, passed during the administration of Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, which reformed the health system and opened a labor gap: they were excluded from the list of the 24 health professions that make up doctors, biochemists, pharmacists, dentists, among others and began to consider them as administrative employees.
The change hit workers both in the salary calculation as in working hours. Since then, the unions started a fight that has been going on for six years so that they receive benefits similar to those received by a doctor and, therefore, are included in the professional career. The Justice Department supported the presentations in different instances, but the Buenos Aires government appealed in each of the instances.
Source: Ambito
