NewsWhore
03-04-2008, 02:10 PM
State sector doctors will head for the picket lines tomorrow and Thursday, and it seems that no solution is in sight to stop the two-day strike. Yesterday's negotiations only yielded more empty dialogue, according to reports. Comments from Vice President Rafael Alburquerque, a respected negotiator, added to concerns. The VP said he understood the doctors' need to ask for pay raises and benefits, but explained that the government has a budget and that there is no money to cover their demands. Dominican Medical Association (CMD) vice president Tony Pimentel said that no progress was made during the negotiations because Public Health Ministry officials could not come up with any new offers.
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