NewsWhore
08-01-2008, 05:30 PM
The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) announced it has once again suspended talks with the government and will call for a general strike of public hospital physicians on 14 August followed by a protest on 16 August, the day President Leonel Fernandez is inaugurated for his third term in office. CMD director Waldo Ariel Suero says doctors will restart their fight for what they consider are fair wages. The CMD had taken a break from its practice of calling doctors to strike in order to hear government proposals. Since February, the CMD has been asking for a RD$30,000 wage increase and better treatment by the government. Many strikes were held before the 16 May elections as a way to pressure the government into a new agreement. That didn't work. The government has continuously made offers to the CMD, but no offer has been satisfactory. Last week President Fernandez announced a 15% increase in salaries for all public employees, which includes doctors.
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