BE has proposed to correct wage inequalities in nurses

O Left Block (BE) will present a proposal in the Budget of the Azores for 2027 to “correct” the salary losses of nurses caused by “successive changes” in career, announced today the party, which met with a group of those professionals.

In a press release, the party points out that the situation results from “successive changes to career progression rules over the past two decades” and “makes nurses with more years of service and more professional experience receive fewer hundreds of euros per month than colleagues with less seniority”.

“ In some cases, progress achieved earlier ended up reducing the possibilities of future remuneration appreciation, producing an unfair result: professionals with more service time began to occupy lower remuneration positions than those of more recent colleagues ", also points out the Block.

The BE/Azores also stresses that “changes in nursing careers, periods of freezing and thawing of progressions, remunerative repositionings and the different rules for scoring points have eventually generated distortions that have been aggravated by the application of new progression mechanisms, including the regional career accelerator”.

The party considers “unacceptable” that successive legislative changes penalize professionals with longer careers, arguing that “an urgent legislative correction” is necessary.

The proposal that will be presented in the Regional Budget for 2027 aims to safeguard “the legitimate expectations of progression and remuneration of nurses” of the Azores, “ensureing that the experience, seniority and service time are properly recognized”, defends the Block.

For the Left Block, “correcting this injustice is a question of equity, respect for health professionals and appreciation of the Regional Health Service”.

The discussion and vote on the Plan and Budget of the Azores for 2027 will take place this month at the Regional Legislative Assembly, in the city of Horta, on Faial Island.