Andrea Becerril
La Jornada Newspaper
Wednesday, January 15, 2025, p. 4
Morena senators and allies celebrated the changes announced by President Claudia Sheinbaum to the Institute of Security and Social Services of State Workers (Issste), since they considered that this organization was almost bankrupted by the PRI and PAN governments. with a view to privatizing it.”
The Morenista Judith Díaz, the PVEM senator, Waldo Fernández and the PT Gonzalo Yáñez, agreed that the transformation program presented by the director of the Issste, Martí Batres, during the morning conference of the President of the Republic, benefits the workers. who work in the public sector, since it proposes reforms and measures to improve housing, social security, health services and the fight against corruption.
For many years, like other large institutions such as Social Security, the ISSSTE was dismantled with the aim of promoting the privatization of health and this also gave rise to high levels of corruption, directly affecting the thousands of beneficiaries who depend on it. your services
stressed Morena senator Judith Díaz.
For this reason, he added, the institute’s transformation and strengthening program is so important for all workers who work in the public sector and who are the ones who, day after day, make it possible for the Mexican State to fulfill its obligations.”
For Senator Waldo Fernández, it is time to give relevance to the axes of health, housing, social security and financing for Issste workers. In addition, he stressed the importance of guaranteeing decent working conditions for the organization’s medical and administrative staff.
It is essential that Issste health personnel have better salaries, fair benefits and optimal working conditions. Likewise, we must recover the social meaning of the institute: ensure that the social security benefits to which our workers are entitled are truly of quality and contribute to improving their quality of life.
Both Monterrey legislators called on the Institute of Security and Social Services of Workers of the State of Nuevo León to consider the national program as a guide and take concrete measures to strengthen its own services.
In a separate interview, the senator of the Labor Party, Gonzalo Yáñez, explained that it is commendable that lower-income workers are prioritized for access to Fovissste housing and explained that the registrations that were granted to officials in the past administrations.