Liberian Healthcare Workers Go On Strike Over Ebola
The United States has committed 4,000 troops to fight Ebola in West Africa, but
our men and women in uniform may find that they are standing alone in fighting
the deadly disease.
(AFP)
Healthcare workers in Liberia, the country hit hardest by the Ebola epidemic,
will go on strike from Monday to demand hazard pay for treating patients
infected with the deadly disease, their union leader said.
"Beginning tomorrow we will be on a nationwide strike in every hospital and every health centre including ETUs (Ebola Treatment Units)," said Joseph Tamba, chairman of the health workers' union.
Staff at Monrovia's Island Clinic, the largest government-run Ebola clinic in the capital, have already been on a "go slow" in recent days in their battle for extra pay -- defying a request by health officials to avoid industrial action during the Ebola crisis, which has killed over 4,000 people in west Africa.
Dozens of patients in the clinic have died from Ebola since the go-slow began on Friday, said staff representative Alphonso Wesseh.
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(AFP)
Healthcare workers in Liberia, the country hit hardest by the Ebola epidemic,
will go on strike from Monday to demand hazard pay for treating patients
infected with the deadly disease, their union leader said."Beginning tomorrow we will be on a nationwide strike in every hospital and every health centre including ETUs (Ebola Treatment Units)," said Joseph Tamba, chairman of the health workers' union.
Staff at Monrovia's Island Clinic, the largest government-run Ebola clinic in the capital, have already been on a "go slow" in recent days in their battle for extra pay -- defying a request by health officials to avoid industrial action during the Ebola crisis, which has killed over 4,000 people in west Africa.
Dozens of patients in the clinic have died from Ebola since the go-slow began on Friday, said staff representative Alphonso Wesseh.
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