THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: United Nurses Association (UNA) will go on an indefinte strike from April 24 to demand the implementation of the revised salary as per the revised draft notification issued by the government.
The decision to strike work was taken after the talks with labour commissioner failed on Saturday.
The indefinite strike from April 24 will paralyse the health care services in private hospitals. The association has also urged the government to resolve the strike of nurses at KEM Hospital Cherthala.
The UNA accused the Minimum Wages Advisory Board of sabotaging the draft notification on related to revised salary including minimum wages. It said the labour department was also adopting an indifferent attitude.
Earlier this month the High Court had observed that the government was entitled to raise the minimum wages for nurses by issuing a notification. The court had rejected the plea by managers of private hospitals which said that the minimum wages of Rs 20,000 proposed by government, if implemented, would impose huge burden on their hospitals.
UNA president Jasminsha said the government had failed to rein in the private hospital managements. He said the nurses would take out a long march to press for their demands.
