A social movement will affect from this Tuesday the Bordeaux University Hospital, one of the largest in France.

Caregivers are called to an indefinite strike by their unions, which are demanding hiring and wage increases before a summer that promises to be "very complicated".

“This is the first time that an indefinite strike has been organized in the summer.

We are at the point of no return, ”explains Alain Es Sebbar, secretary of the CGT at the Pellegrin hospital, one of the three establishments of the CHU, the largest employer in New Aquitaine with more than 14,000 employees.

Wage hike demanded

Citing in bulk "the frozen index point", the "random bonuses", the "lack of recruitment", the "closure of services and beds", "galloping outsourcing", the "illegal recall on rest and leave “, the unions FO, CGT and Sud Santé are asking for hiring, while the lack of arms has already pushed management to filter access to emergencies from 5 p.m., since the end of May.

To attract new recruits, the unions are calling for an increase in wages "of 300 euros minimum" for nursing, administrative and technical staff.

According to Jacques Ollivier, Sud Santé delegate for the CHU, this call is addressed to all the nursing staff, i.e. some 11,000 people, “nurses and nursing assistants but also 180 other professions such as laboratory technicians, medical secretaries, radiologists, physiotherapists , social workers, launderers”.

“At this stage, we count 5 notices out of the 8,222 agents planned for the schedule (Tuesday) morning”, declared Monday evening the communication service of the hospital.

According to Pascal Gaubert, FO representative at the CHU, "this strike is rather political and symbolic, to put pressure on management this summer, to see if they keep their promise to hire".

Closure of 600 beds this summer

To relieve the staff, management already announced last week that 600 beds would be closed this summer.

"We must be able to give leave, three weeks, between June and September because we want to protect the teams, the professionals who love their work, so that they do not flee the hospital", explained then Stéphanie Fazi-Leblanc, director general. CHU assistant.

But for Alain Es Sebbar, "it's not new, [the 600 beds] are already closed".

Summer will therefore be “very complicated”, according to Jacques Ollivier, while the region, which is very touristy, experiences a large influx of holidaymakers every summer.

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