Nurses threaten to march on Warsaw unless government agrees to raises
The hospital superintendents in
the region, however, say the impoverished state of the health service makes
a raise of over zl. 50 impossible to fulfill. In Lodz and Zachodniopomorskie
voivodships over 600 nurses have gone on hunger strikes to dramatize the
gravity of their low wages. The starving nurses are nevertheless fulfilling
their duties, but have warned the government to act fast before they run out
of energy. Bozena Banachowicz, chair of the National Nurses and Midwives
Union (OZZPiP), has urged the government to address the nurses' grievances
or face a mass demonstration in the capital. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 4).
the region, however, say the impoverished state of the health service makes
a raise of over zl. 50 impossible to fulfill. In Lodz and Zachodniopomorskie
voivodships over 600 nurses have gone on hunger strikes to dramatize the
gravity of their low wages. The starving nurses are nevertheless fulfilling
their duties, but have warned the government to act fast before they run out
of energy. Bozena Banachowicz, chair of the National Nurses and Midwives
Union (OZZPiP), has urged the government to address the nurses' grievances
or face a mass demonstration in the capital. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 4).
