RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A group of Venezuelan health sector workers threatened on Wednesday to go on labor strike if the country’s authorities do not comply with the full payment of salaries and contractual benefits they claim are being violated.
“We are really tired of (Health) Minister Carlos Alvarado not showing his face and not explaining the reason for the discrimination of our salary in this way,” said Zenaida Figuera, union leader, who was at the demonstration (Photo internet reproduction)
During a protest at the gates of the Ministry of Health in downtown Caracas, union member Pablo Zambrano explained to Efe that the workers are “waiting” for a response from the authorities who committed themselves last June 11 with “an act of agreement” to grant salary improvements and which, they assure, to this day has been unfulfilled.