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United Nurses Association (UNA) members from 30 private hospitals in Kerala state’s Thrissur district held a 72-hour strike on Tuesday and demonstrated across the district with several demands.
Nurses’ demands included an increase in wages to 1,500 rupees ($US18) per day and adherence to the latest pay commission recommendation, implementation of the labour law and abolishing the contract laws. Nurses alleged that the minimum monthly wage was set at 20,000 rupees in 2017 but most hospitals did not pay the increase and there has been no further revision.
On the first day of the strike six hospitals agreed to a 50 percent pay increase and on the second day 23 hospitals agreed to increased wages. The UNA then called off the strike even though one hospital has refused any wage increase.
Thousands of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) who work in rural health are on an indefinite strike across Madhya Pradesh to demand an increase in their monthly stipend and permanent employment. The strike is having a major impact on pregnant women because ASHA workers vaccinate them.
ASHA workers are only paid a 2,000-rupee ($US24.5) monthly stipend along with extra incentives for child deliveries. One ASHA worker said, “We should be regularised and our salary...
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