[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Flatvia-health-care-workers-dispute-continues-november-19-2015":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},10028,"latvia-health-care-workers-dispute-continues-november-19-2015","Latvia -Health care workers dispute continues -November 19, 2015",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Flatvia-health-care-workers-dispute-continues-november-19-2015","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:18:36.684178+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F10028\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2015",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Flatvia-health-care-workers-dispute-continues-november-19-2015\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T22:23:45.820206+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>Following protests against major budget cuts in health care, reported in last month’s newsletter, health care workers went on strike. Workers are angry that funds are reduced from an already low 3.1% of GDP to 3% next year. Fuelling the protests is the fact that the state budget as a whole is growing at the same time that health care funds are being reduced. Trade unions said the government is choosing guns over health care, as most of the money cut from different budget lines is going to the defence ministry. The union demands that the average healthcare worker's salary is raised 10% starting from 1 January 2016.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp align=\"left\" class=\"CM3\">English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.baltic-course.com\u002Feng\u002Fmarkets_and_companies\u002F?doc=113163\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.baltic-course.com\u002Feng\u002Fmarkets_and_companies … \u003C\u002Fa> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp align=\"left\" class=\"CM3\">\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.baltictimes.com\u002Flatvian_government_reaches_for_guns_over_health_care\u002F\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.baltictimes.com\u002Flatvian_government_reaches_for_guns_over_health_care\u002F\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp align=\"left\" class=\"CM3\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. For previous issues of the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">Collective bargaining newsletter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> please visit \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">, and on the AIAS at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]