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The United Nurses Association (UNA) volition clasp a token onslaught demanding that the basal wage of nurses successful backstage hospitals beryllium raised to ₹40,000, its leaders said connected Thursday.
Speaking to reporters successful Thrissur, UNA laminitis Jaminsha said determination had been nary wage revision successful the backstage health-care assemblage implicit the past 7 years.
“UNA has been demanding for the past 5 years that the basal wage of nurses beryllium fixed astatine ₹40,000. Several hospitals person expressed their willingness to wage this amount,” helium said.
According to Mr. Jaminsha, the authorities should contented an bid to this effect, but nary specified measurement had been taken truthful far.
He said a protestation declaration normal would beryllium held successful Thrissur connected February 21.
UNA leaders said that during the token strike, one-third of nurses successful backstage hospitals would proceed to work, portion the remaining nurses would enactment successful the protest.
“It is lone a token strike, but a bulk of nurses volition instrumentality portion successful it,” Mr. Jaminsha said.
They added that nurses from 476 backstage hospitals crossed the State would enactment successful the protest.
The leaders said the people of further protestation enactment would beryllium decided if the authorities failed to enactment connected their demand.
