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After Nationwide Hospital Protests, Spain's Health Ministry Calls New Meeting on Health-Worker Statute

Unions argue the proposal ignores core labor demands and insist talks resume.

Unos sesenta profesionales sanitarios se han manifestado este martes a las puertas del Hospital Joan XXIII de Tarragona.
Protestas de los sanitarios
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Overview

  • Health workers demonstrated on 16 September outside hospitals across most autonomous communities, urging the Ministry not to close negotiations on the revised Estatuto Marco.
  • Union platforms SATSE, CCOO, UGT, CSIF and CIG-Saúde reject the current draft as incomplete and say staffing, pay and recognition issues remain unresolved.
  • Key demands include a fair professional reclassification with pay, rights to partial and voluntary early retirement without penalties, and a universal 35‑hour workweek with recognition of handover time.
  • Union representatives accuse the department led by Mónica García of breaking the agreed meeting calendar and trying to push the text to Congress too quickly.
  • Following the protests, the Ministry convened a new meeting to gather proposals before the Foro Marco del Diálogo Social, while unions plan a mass protest on 1 October and doctors' groups CESM and SMA have called a 3 October strike for a separate medical statute.