Home care workers in Alicante are set to hold a demonstration on 19th September to demand increased staffing and improved working conditions to guarantee higher quality care for dependent individuals receiving support in their homes. The protest forms part of a nationwide mobilisation also taking place in cities such as Valencia, Madrid, Barcelona, Valladolid, Zaragoza, Murcia, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and Seville.
In Alicante, the demonstration will begin at 11:00 AM in the City Hall square. The affected group comprises approximately 200 workers in the city alone, whose working conditions have worsened, according to sources close to the group.
The professionals have decided to take their demands back to the streets after making some initial progress with the institutions. The Congress of Deputies has approved a non-binding resolution with 17 points regarding the Home Care Service. Workers are now preparing to move to the Senate, where they intend to promote a specific motion to ensure their demands are incorporated into the upcoming reform of the Dependency Law.
These employees believe that improving their working conditions is essential for providing a dignified service to the people who depend on their care. The aim of the protests is to ensure that public resources allocated to the long-term care system translate into higher quality care, more rights, and a strengthened public service.
This service allows dependent individuals to receive care in their own homes, with caregivers travelling daily between residences to provide necessary support. Among their key demands is the recognition of travel time and expenses, an issue particularly relevant to the daily operation of the service.
Professionals also denounce the precarious nature of the sector, which is characterised by low wages, part-time work, and excessive workloads. In their view, these conditions hinder the consolidation of a public service with sufficient resources to adequately meet the needs of dependent individuals.
The demands go beyond improved working conditions. Workers are calling for the service to play a central role within the long-term care system and for the future reform of the law to take into account both the people receiving care and the professionals providing it.
To coordinate the mobilisations, workers have organised themselves through a WhatsApp community that connects home care professionals from different territories, shares information, and facilitates the preparation of the protests.
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