Overview

• The Gondomar council announced that it will suspend home help services immediately upon any harassment complaint pending a technical review and will inform clients’ relatives in advance
• On August 1, Moaña joined CIG-led protests outside town halls to demand mandatory risk prevention plans and action protocols across all home care services
• The Confederación Intersindical Galega and allied unions have called a general strike for August 13 to press the Xunta de Galicia to establish enforceable safety measures
• Municipal authorities, private contractors and police mediators have begun coordinating to reinforce protocols and secure funding for in-home assistants
• Underpaid and isolated in clients’ homes, SAF workers are highlighting urgent safety failures following the murder of home help assistant Teresa de Jesús Rodríguez González