Paris, Monday, June 14, 2021 – Almost a year ago to the day, the medical and paramedical staff of the public hospital marched in the street to denounce the deterioration of their working conditions, cruelly highlighted by the health crisis . Since then, the Segur agreements have led to the release of several billion euros for the revaluation of the salaries of a large number of hospital staff, while commitments have also been made with regard to investments and debt recovery. hospitable. On the institutional reform side, a bill was passed in Parliament, while the Interministerial Committee for the Performance and Modernization of the Hospital Care Offer (COPERMO) was abolished last summer.
Unequal upgrades
However, bitterness and disappointment dominate and constitute the cement of the event scheduled for tomorrow at the call not only of power stations like the CGT and SUD which had refused last year to sign the Ségur agreements, but also of the Inter -hospitals and inter-emergencies or even organizations of hospital practitioners.
There are many claims. First, it is about denouncing a certain inequality of treatment between the different trades and professions. The CGT Santé details: ” From 1is October 2021, certain healthcare professionals (caregivers, nurses in all categories, physiotherapists, speech therapists, orthoptists, occupational therapists, hearing aid specialists, psychomotor therapists, childcare auxiliaries, dieticians) and educational staff (medico-psychological aids, social workers and educational and social assistants) working in these establishments will receive additional remuneration of 183 euros net per month, representing 49 index points. (…) With regard to other professions which are not, according to the protocol, exposed to the same competitive recruitment logic but which play an essential role in supporting people, the question of their remuneration requires a broader work which should be hired by the end of 2021 as part of a social conference
». Or, la CGT « refuses this unequal revaluation », And makes it one of his first slogans.
An invisible strike by hospital practitioners
On the side of hospital practitioners, the dispute began at the beginning of the year. The National Union of Hospital Anesthesiologists and Resuscitators (SNPHARE) indeed recalls that ” hospital practitioners have been on an indefinite strike for urgent and non-urgent care since January 11, 2021 to be heard on the loss of 4 years of seniority in their career established by the Ségur de la Santé. This strike is not very visible because their presence in the hospital is essential in these times of health crisis having the side effect of delaying the care of patients. “. If the government has been summoned by the Council of State to respond to the unions’ questions and if the latter have been received by the Ministry of Health, no change has yet taken place. Also, the unions urge practitioners to participate widely in the processions of tomorrow.
The inaccessible shock of attractiveness
Both the CGT and the unions of hospital practitioners or collectives converge to deplore the crisis of attractiveness that the hospital world is going through. In many establishments in the country, recruitments are thus very difficult, sometimes forcing management to transform part-time contracts into full-time by authority, arousing the anger of staff, as in Brest.
RIP
Noting both the attractiveness crisis and the dysfunctions of the public hospital, the collective ” The hospital is us ”(which brings together associations such as Aides, ADT Fourth World, Oxfam, Emmaüs or the Salvation Army and inter-professional collectives such as Inter-Urgences and Inter-Hôpitaux) is carrying out the project of a Shared initiative referendum (RIP). The proposal was thus presented on June 3 and aims, for example, to determine by specialty and by type of activity “a minimum number of caregivers per patient. “. Regarding the number of beds, it would be a question of fixing it ” depending on the population density, the number of people who are or may become sick “. This RIP has already received the promise of signatures from 180 deputies from all sides, while twenty left-wing local elected officials, including the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, have expressed their support. ” The health crisis will have shown the extraordinary commitment, the sense of the collective and the unfailing professional conscience of these women and men who keep the hospital alive. It will also have brought to light the difficult working conditions and the limits of our hospital system. “, Underline these elected officials, including Martine Aubry (Lille) Nathalie Appéré (Rennes), Carole Delga (Occitanie region). However, the RIP path is complex and has so far never been successful. In order for the bill to be submitted to referendum, it requires the support of one fifth of the members of Parliament (185 parliamentarians) and 10% of those registered on the electoral roll (ie 4.7 million citizens).
Lea Crebat
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