Next Tuesday, the 16th, the rest of the health workers except the doctors in the health sector are preparing for a island-wide strike.
As announced by the trade unions representing the health sector, this strike has been planned involving 27 trade unions in the health sector.
The basic demand of the strike has been to express dissatisfaction over the government’s decision to increase the Disturbance, Availability and Transport (DAT) allowance for doctors.
The trade unions demand that they be given the same allowances.
A series of token strikes launched by paramedics and allied health services unions disrupted services at hospitals last week, disrupting health services.