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NewsWhore
10-14-2008, 02:20 PM
Public hospitals nurses in Santo Domingo will go on strike tomorrow, Wednesday 15 October. Nurses are still waiting for Congress to respond to their demands for higher wages and more jobs for union members. Nurses and doctors want an overall wage increase, while the Ministry of Public Health is maintaining that pay raises need to be pegged to productivity.
Government officials have yet to respond to any of the nurses', or doctors' repeated threats and protests. Nurses' union (UNASED) director Minerva Magdaleno says that nurses want 1,200 new positions. On average, nurses earn RD$8,000 per month.

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