A picket from the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) blocked the passage of the march of workers and retirees on Fuerzas Armadas Avenue in Caracas on Tuesday, which prevented them from arriving to the Miraflores Palace to demand better salaries and pensions.
Reports on social networks indicate that despite the situation, a delegation of six union leaders managed to cross the fence and enter the Executive headquarters to send boxes with more than 50,000 signatures and petitions to the government.
The union and trade union organizations toured roads in the center of the capital to express their rejection of the socioeconomic conditions of the labor sector. During the march, participants chanted the slogan: “We are protesting, we are not parading.”
Relatives of political prisoners joined the mobilization for the restitution of the purchasing power of salaries, who raised their voices to demand the release of the detainees. “Freedom for all. Mrs. Delcy, Mr. Trump, we are not dancing here. Freedom now for all… Not one, not two, let it be all of them,” they stated. during the journey.
In the area of claims from the health and education sectors, union spokespersons They specified the points contained in the document delivered to national authorities.
Ana Rosario Contreras, president of the College of Nurses, stated: “We ask for the beginning of the discussion of the salary tables with legitimate representatives, that the year-end bonus is not paid based on the frozen 2022 salary, that the social responsibility bonus be recognized for retirees and active workers, as well as the elimination of the Patria system.”
The delivery of the 50,000 signatures by the commission of six spokespersons marked the close of the day of protest around the government headquarters.
