They consider themselves to be the “forgotten” of the Ségur de la santé.
About fifty employees in the aid and home care sector demonstrated Thursday in front of the Ministry of Solidarity in Paris, noted an AFP journalist.
"In hospitals, nursing homes", care professionals "have all been entitled to the Covid premium of 183 euros", notes Félicité, 50, a home help employed by a social action center in the city of Paris.
“We do the same job, we have the same employer, but we haven't touched anything,” she laments.
At the height of the epidemic, these second-line workers were sometimes the only link with the outside world for people in a situation of dependency, she argues.
"Their mileage allowances are low"
On the banners unfurled in front of the Ministry of Health, a big "YES" overhang the terms of "dignity", "better working conditions" and "increased wages".
The large majority of women, home helpers often work part-time.
“Their mileage allowances are low, and the transport and waiting time between the homes of the different beneficiaries is not taken into account,” says Stéphane Fustec, of the CGT Commerce and Services, who called for this gathering.
"Work accidents are three times more common there than in other sectors," he says.
Under the poverty line
Help and home care professionals are awaiting salary increases, the government having approved at the beginning of April a branch agreement which should result in increases of 13 to 15% from October 1.
An increase still "insufficient", according to Stéphane Fustec, who emphasizes that a significant proportion of these workers live below the poverty line.
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