prisons: Prison guards start four-day strike.
Prison officials began to 0.00 hours of Saturday a national strike, which runs until Tuesday, in protest against the new working hours and the delay in unfreezing the ranks, among other claims.
Speaking to Lusa agency, Jorge Alves, President of the National Union of the Prison Guard Corps, said that the strike, lasting four days, It is nationwide, affecting 49 prisons (EP) no existing country.
Although the strike cover 24 EP hours each day, during this protest prison guards will ensure the steps related to the relocation of prisoners to hospitals and courts.
At the level of the internal workings of the chains, He explained, the strike will lead to cancellation of the inmates work (with the exception of work done for companies), whereby, Alternatively, will be in the cell to the playground during that time.
Food and medication of inmates, and basic needs, They are also secured by guards during the four-day strike, but the two weekly visits, with a duration of one hour, They will be reduced to only a weekly visit.
In addition to challenging the work schedule and the delay in unfreezing of steps, the union claims the payment of shift supplement and the creation of appropriate categories, in other words, keeper of engineer and chief engineer.
The universe of prison guards round the 4350 for a prison population of close 13 thousand inmates.
