The vpod/ssp trade union was calling for a national demonstration of health workers in Bern. The aim of the protest is to highlight the efforts that health workers have made in responding to the Covid-19 crisis. Key demands include a Covid bonus but also action to deal with the long-standing problems of pay and understaffing in the sector. The union is also calling for measures to improve training, work-life balance and retirement provision and argues that pay increases should reflect the arduousness of many health workers’ jobs.
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