The CSIF union has denounced Pilar de la Horadada City Council for refusing to carry out PCR tests on members of the Local Police force despite the fact that several positive cases of Covid have been registered among its members and among other workers in the security building. This happened despite the fact that the CSIF was presented in writing confirmation that PCR tests were to be carried out to prevent the spread of infections.
This CSIF emphasise that the Health and Safety Committee, which has not been convened for months, was also requested by the CSIF and SPPLB unions to carry out periodic tests to control the pandemic among municipal workers, obtaining in response that ‘they were now not going to be carried out due to their high economic cost’.
The situation has meant that those workers who have wanted to take the test have had to do so by going to public health centres or private clinics.
According to the Union, there has been no response from the City Council regarding the situation and municipal workers have continued to work with colleagues who tested positive and are currently recovering from the virus,
A Union spokesperson said: “As a result of the lack of concern of the council, new positives have appeared in the police staff, infections that could have been avoided if the tests had been carried out.”