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Roberto Álvarez, vice president of the permanent committee of the Municipal Council of Seniors, points out that the problems also extend to public administration spaces. Go to download The La Laguna City Council has unanimously approved a motion in which banking entities are asked to guarantee in-person service and to adopt the necessary measures to serve the elderly in the municipality. This is a motion sponsored by the Municipal Council of Seniors, in which Roberto Álvarez is the vice president of the permanent committee. Álvarez recalls that banking entities have lost almost 100,000 workers in recent years, which means that there is a lack of human resources in the offices. Added to this is the digital divide among older people, which means that both circumstances mean that many people are not in a position to carry out the procedures in the telematic way that banking requires. For these reasons, the Council of Seniors requests that, in addition, a teaching process be started for older people to try to reduce this gap. Senior Advice 24.6% of the residents in La Laguna are over 60 years old, many of whom are organized in one of the thirty-five senior associations that exist in the municipality and represent some 8,000 residents.
Álvarez considers that there are few senior councils in the Canarian municipalities, so he understands that an effort must be made to bring this instrument to all corners of the islands. A PNL urges the Canary Islands Government to improve the presence of women in fire departments Firefighters during a performance | Photo: CCOO Firefighters during a performance | Photo: CCOO José María Monzón, coordinator of the group of professionals at CCOO, points out the need to reform entrance tests that do not meet the needs. Go to download The Parliament of the Canary Islands has unanimously approved a non-law proposal urging the Canary Islands Government to submit to the chamber a law on public WhatsApp Number List fire services negotiated with social agents. This law should make it possible to coordinate services between the different bodies and facilitate women's access to this profession, according to the coordinator of the CCOO Firefighters Group, José María Monzón. He points out that the first obligation of this law will be to define what a public fire service is, something that not all islands have, such as La Gomera, La Palma or El Hierro. In the case of La Palma, the service is provided by a private company in a very precarious way.
Monzón reminds that councils with more than 20,000 inhabitants must provide this service. While this happens on some of the smaller islands, on the others there are important problems of coordination and efficiency due to the presence of different bodies. Monzón believes that, in this case, the law must address the need for coordination, homogenization of access tests and regulation of the profession. Gender equality Another aspect that the law must address is the problem of the lack of women in the bodies. CCOO has carried out a study that shows where the problems lie, the first being that “there are very few women who want to take the tests.” To remedy this, CCOO has begun to work with the socialist group and the Ministry of Equality to promote actions so that women's access to specific training and obtaining the necessary driving licenses is facilitated. Once this obstacle has been overcome, it is necessary to review the physical tests that will not only affect women, but also all those who present themselves, since, today, they have no relation to the functionality of a professional firefighter. Forest “campaigns” Monzón is very critical of the councils in planning policies to avoid forest fires during the summer. He affirms that this is not a summer issue, but rather it is a campaign that must be maintained throughout the year: “The Canary Islands need personnel throughout the year. "We have to stop talking about the summer campaign because the only intention is to hide the personnel deficit.