President of the Generalitat, Ximo PuigGiven the inflationary situation and energy costs created by the crisis in Ukraine, he called for “continuing the dialogue” to achieve “an income payment that provides security to families and companies in 2023”.
That’s what Puig said in a speech this Monday at the UGT-PV ‘Guardons d’Honor’ awards ceremony where the union organization commended Cándido Méndez Rodríguez for his career in defending the United States. working class and their contribution to improving the conditions of workers, as well as health personnel, due to their efforts and determination in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic.
During the event, Ximo Puig said that “responsible unionism” contributes to building “confidence, stability and harmony” in the Valencian Community, resulting in the highest employment record of 2,070,000 people; growth permanent contractssurpassing 70,000 last November and “the largest reactivation in the face of a crisis”.
“Unionism oxygenates an extremely polluting public life,” he underlined, and underlined the “need for protection. social dialogueIt “saves factories and jobs”, referring to the agreement reached at Ford Almussafes and the “unifying and welfare-creating” institutional agreement, such as for labor reform or a minimum wage increase.
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As for the winners, he cited the work of Consell chairman Cándido Méndez during his tenure. career pathHe valued his contribution to the “healing of society” and emphasized his “unity, solidity, independence, humility and resilience” alongside his “a lifetime commitment to public service”.
He also praised his work. health personnel He thanked the award-winning, whom he described as “a symbol of basic public service”, and their efforts over the past three years. At this point, he promised to have “more, more public and better quality health care”.
puig, Valencian Community In the last seven years, it has seen a 25 percent increase in medical staff recruitment, which means having an additional 13,300 toilets on the public network “to be added to 995 new positions in 2023”. He also ensured that the health budget would “increase to 8 billion 300 million Euros”, that is, 50% more than in 2015.
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“In the Community of Valencia we have one of the best public health services in the world, gaining momentum since 2015 with actions such as restoring universality that have benefited 168,000 people; abolition of co-pays that provide more benefits; more than 1.3 million people; 17,600 unpaid for their treatment care of the hepatitis C patient; privatization of hospitals de la Ribera and Torrevieja and reinforcements of the teams,” he listed.
It also emphasized that generalitat With 326 million, it is implementing the Primary Care Improvement Plan and taking measures to reduce waiting lists and “provide a structured solution” to the staff shortage, with the creation of a new Medical School in Alicante.
Finally, he assured that he would “continue to work” on improvement. health infrastructureWorks worth 412 million euros continue.