No Gers demonstration for the “national day of action” of the hospital inter-union on Tuesday June 20, but a lot of concern.
Too many demonstrations, too many strike days, a lot of fatigue… “We thought it was too much for the employees”, says Sonia Saint-Martin Larroque, CGT representative at Canteloup Lavallée. The day of action on June 20, planned at the national level by the inter-union grouping CGT, FO, SUD and Unsa, will not see a procession in the Gers. The CGT preferred to hold a press conference to alert the public to the difficulties of the health sector as summer approaches. The other unions were not represented.
“The employees are in great pain, continues the trade unionist. With the medical deserts, we are facing a state scandal!” between task transfers, schedules, etc. she dreads a summer when staff will be lacking everywhere.
The private sector is not spared, as evidenced by Gérome Guillot (CGT Roquetaillade). The state is negotiating an overhaul of the agreements where employees would lose gains amounting to years of work, he says. And some already have two jobs to ensure a decent income. He also denounces a Ségur for which no means have been given to the ARS…
Fabrice Lamarque, for the specialized hospital, denounces a policy of constant reduction in the budgets allocated to psychiatry. “There is a shortage of 40% of doctors at the specialized hospital in Auch, i.e. 6 positions out of the 14 planned. In Nogaro, we have 8 months of waiting for child psychiatry, even though there is an increase in attempts to suicide of young people in the Gers. The staff of the specialized hospital is called to gather in front of the management, on June 20, to invade the room of the supervisory board which takes place that day, “to put the problems flat”.