Overview
- A pact announced Friday between Galicia’s health service and the O’Mega union suspended the regional hospital strike over peonadas, the extra paid afternoon sessions used to cut wait lists, while the national walkouts still stand.
- The health department will apply a 35-hour workweek at once, create a quarterly panel to track delivery, and take nine months to write a single rulebook for complementary hours in each service.
- Pay for on-call and other extra duty will rise 40% in 2027, then 30% in 2028 and 30% in 2029, with the goal of matching the rate for regular hours across in-person and at-home on-call shifts.
- The pact sets a five-year horizon to make on-call duty voluntary if staffing allows, and it adds new support for residents with monthly supplements from January 2027 and pay for a fifth monthly on-call from June 1.
- O’Mega said Saturday that taking on peonadas remains a voluntary, individual choice and can still serve as leverage while the national dispute over a state medical statute continues.