Union demonstrates over low pay in social care
The Trade Union of Health and Social Care Employees of Latvia (LVSADA) organised a picket in the capital, Riga, on 8 March, calling for an increase in salaries and improvement of working conditions for social workers and women working in social care and assistance. The LVSADA has been negotiating with Riga City Council since November 2006 and has tried to reach a solution on decent salaries in the social care sector from January 2007. Unfortunately all the union's efforts of the union have been unsuccessful. A survey by the LVSADA revealed that 98% of employees in the social care sector in