The FSP-UGT public service federation has welcomed the announcement of a meeting of unions and the health ministry on 29 April. However, the union remains to be convinced about whether the health minister is prepared to open proper negotiations and believes that the meeting may simply be a way of meeting its formal commitment to negotiate. The FSP-UGT along with the FSC-CCOO and other unions announced they were taking legal action against the minister over the denial of the right to collective bargaining citing examples of changes being imposed without negotiation.
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