motorized buses prevent health and education workers from concentrating on San Martín avenue, west of Caracas. This activity corresponds to those proposed for this Thursday, January 19, as part of the protests that public employees launched since January 9 to demand better wages, review The whistle.
“If they want a decent salary, remove the blockade“, supporters of the pro-government government shout at health workers and teachers who are concentrated on San Martín avenue. In addition, they say that they are to blame for not having a better salary.
#Alert on the #protest why is #19ene ????????
Group of motorized groups prevent health and education workers from concentrating on Av. San Martín.
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– El Pitazo (@ElPitazoTV) January 19, 2023
The motorists that are in the area prevent the teachers and health unions from moving from San Martín avenue to Caracas square, as they had scheduled.
For her part, the health worker Ismenia Rodríguez, responds to the groups: “What blockade if the hierarchs of the government are in tremendous vans? We are the ones who are alone with God and the virgin. We can no longer live with a salary of 130 bolivars“.
Another group that mobilized towards Washington Square, in El Paraíso, managed to arrive despite the intimidation of the collectives. In the place, the union leader of Hospitals and Clinics of Caracas, Mauro Zambrano, assured that they will remain in the street, for which he asked all the workers to be attentive to the next calls.
Ismenia Rodríguez, health worker: What blockade if the government hierarchs drive huge trucks? We are the ones who are alone with God and the virgin. We can no longer live with a salary of 130 Bs.
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– El Pitazo (@ElPitazoTV) January 19, 2023
Francis Guillén, a nurse at the El Algodonal hospital, spoke about the deficiencies in the country’s health centers. She said that she gets frustrated every time she gets to work and they don’t have supplies or how to respond to patients. “Those who don’t let us protest also have work like us”.