The general secretary of Sepca, Manuel González, warned this Monday that the union will go to the courts if the Government of the Canary Islands, through the decree law that has been published this Monday in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands (BOC), tries to "coerce" public employees to get vaccinated through the obligation to present a PCR or a negative test to be able to carry out their work.
In a statement released by the organization, González has criticized that the Government of the Canary Islands has decided to opt for the "unilateral" route and has not summoned the unions to working groups or the Public Function when there is a possible "violation of fundamental rights".
In his opinion, this decree implies a modification of the working conditions, and he maintains that the Executive "is missing the point" by focusing the contagions on the public sector when all preventive measures have already been taken.
According to González, the decree law is "very misguided" because it has not counted on economic and social agents, and although he understands that public workers and citizens have a "responsibility" to prevent the spread of the pandemic, he points out that we must "respect" the individual freedoms of those who "for ideological, religious reasons, or due to fears or very personal issues" decide not to get vaccinated.
