ISSUE NO. 1443
28 FEBRUARY - 6 MARCH 2013
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Almond tragedy ALBOX firefighters arrived too late to save a man who was crushed to death by a sack of almonds at a Velez Rubio warehouse.
Camping fines NO CASH: Staff not paid for nine months. (Inset) Mayor says he has no jurisdiction.
Hospital workers take to the streets By EWN Newsdesk
WORKERS at a residential care home have taken to the streets in protest at unpaid wages. Staff from the Bartolome Sanchez Moreno hospital marched to the town hall in Oria to protest that they have not been paid for nine months. The 45 patients, some of them suffering from the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease, were not left unattended, as a skeleton crew remained behind for compassionate reasons, and
the facility will continue to operate, but with reduced manpower. The protestors presented a letter to the mayor of Oria in which they claimed that ‘Oria Town Council do not want to know anything about our situation, they have not visited us or assisted us in any way. We feel abandoned by the municipality.’ In an exclusive interview, the mayor, Marcos Reche Galera (PP), confirmed that he had sympathy for the protestors but that his hands were tied.
“The hospital workers are paid directly by the private firm who won the contract to administer the hospital. “They in turn are paid from central government funds. I have no jurisdiction over when and if they are paid.” A spokesman for the Office of Health and Welfare has confirmed that Urban Geriatric SL, the private management company, was last paid in October. A spokesman for the hospital workers stated that it was time to withdraw the franchise.
SINCE September, 187 fines have been issued to illegal campers on the beaches of San Pedro cove in the Cabo de Gata Natural Park.
Exports up THE Almanzora Valley last year exported a total of 1.24 million kilos of olive oil worth about €2.5 million, an increase of 5.6 per cent compared to 2011.
Dustmen talks UNION representatives are in talks with Urbaser waste management company over refuse collectors’ pay demands.