By Clara Blondelle
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After a day of mobilization, the teams of the operating room of theChildren’s hospital won their case, since on Tuesday January 12, 2021, the management of the CHU Toulouse announced several measures meeting the expectations of strikers.
“We’ve been in pain for a while,” says a nurse
Monday morning a around thirty nurses and nursing aides refused to bring patients into the operating room until management heard them. They demanded, among other things, the replacement of 11 absences temporary or permanent on a team of 35 people.
“We undergo managerial pressures to fill the understaffed“, Denounced Camille *, a nurse on strike. Last week there was a ” team consensus“, Who decided to organize this movement. One of the main demands of the strikers was to replace the eleven people absent. ” We’ve been suffering for a while in the pediatric ward and that is no longer possible ”said Laura *.
Asked by News Toulouse, the CHU management on his side denial “Any form of managerial pressure on the professionals of the institution”.
10 upcoming recruitments to replace absences
Monday, at 3 p.m., the management of the CHU received the teams of the operating room who had gone on strike. Discussions lasted all afternoon and resulted in a deal. Finally, 10 vacant positions will be replaced to respond to the problem of understaffing. Management indicates that it is also committed to “ increase professional promotions, including for contract staff ”. Finally, a organization “respecting the regulations” has been recorded.
The strikers satisfied, but vigilant
According to Julien Terrié, secretary of the CGT union of the Toulouse University Hospital, nurses and nursing assistants are satisfied with what they got. However, they remain cautious and “await the application of these measures”. Anyway, they will participate in the national mobilization nursing staff, who should stand by Thursday January 21 at 2 p.m. in Saint-Cyprien.
* Nurses’ first names have been changed at their request.
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