Puerto Rican unions sue Tax Supervisory Board

The legal claim arises because the unions of employees and doctors of the State Insurance Fund Corporation understand that the Puerto Rican government and the JSF have retroactively disabled their respective

Francisco Reyes, President of the Guild of Employees of the National Society of Insurance Funds, explained at a press conference at the Bar of Puerto Rico that a series of laws have been pbaded and a new financial plan that does not even meet the requirements of the Promise Act.

"With these obvious violations, the revised financial plan can not be the basis of the adjustment plan as required. This is the case of the government's bankruptcy under Title III promise, which is pending before the Federal Court, "said attorney Rolando Emmanuelli Jiménez, legal representative of the unions in the lawsuit. [19659003] He warned that any plan of adjustment this financial plan, for its part, can not be confirmed as required by Article 314 of the law approved by the United States Congress to take control of Puerto Rico's finances before bankruptcy with a public debt of $ 73 billion

While Reyes, who represents some two thousand workers, recalled that the State Insurance Fund is a self-sustaining society, which does not depend on Allocations of the Island Government to operate and fulfill its duty to provide insurance and comprehensive services.The Medical Union alleges in the joint suit that the financial plan certified by the JSF violates the Constitutions of the United States and United States. Rico.

The reasons for these transgressions are based on the fact that it does not identify expenditures for essential public services; violates the contractual clause of the United States Constitution and the right of workers to collective bargaining under the Puerto Rican Constitution

"The measures provided for in the new fiscal plan approved on June 29 also require the CFSE to reduce $ 315.7 million over five years that immediately prevents labor rights and benefits and affects patient services, "said Ramos.

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