Health Minister says social workers will stop strike tomorrow
Health Minister David Sergeenko stated the social workers’ salaries will increase in nine months’ time. Photo: on.ge.
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Georgia’s Minister of Health Davit Sergeenko has held a meeting with protesting social workers and says they will supposedly stop their strike tomorrow as all issues have been addressed.
We have reached an agreement,” he stated.
Sergeenko said the government has already begun settling the social workers’ problems in relation to transport facilities as they demanded additional vehicles to improve the service.
The protestors at the meeting with Georgia's Health Minister. Photo:Social workers for systemic changes/facebook.
Health Minister David Sergeenko stated the social workers’ salaries will increase in nine months’ time.
He also said more social workers will be hired in order to improve the professional service level. Sergeenko said that more than 50 positions will be added this year.
The social workers holding protest in Tbilisi. Photo: Social workers for systemic changes/facebook.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze also responded to the strike. He said the social workers’ workload is very high and thanked them for their efforts.
The social workers have been on a large-scale strike across Georgia since March 25, 2018 demanding better working conditions and more efficient and timely services from the Social Service Agency of Georgia for the individuals it is responsible for.
A large-scale strike of Georgia’s social workers has been underway since 8:30 am across the country.
Four social workers have been dismissed and the head of the Social Programmes Department of the Social Service Agency of the Ministry of Health have resigned after the death of a four-year-old child in the Sanzona district of Tbilisi on 22 January.
Georgian public service halls have added services for disabled persons, becoming the only state service body to work in full compliance with the needs of the disabled.
Georgia is modernising its emergency services to meet the needs of people with disabilities.
Social workers have ended their strike today and agreed to the creation of a professional union. The social workers stated that they reached an agreement with the Health Ministry.