Jamaica\'s nurse issue wage ultimatum
Published:Monday | December 8, 2008 | 6:55 PM
There could be disruptions in the health sector if the finance ministry does not move to promptly settle the reclassification exercise for the island’s nurses.
The nurses say they are dissatisfied with the protracted period it has taken the government to implement the reclassification exercise.
The reclassification was due to be implemented on July 1 last year.
An ultimatum issued to the finance ministry expired at 1 o clock this afternoon, and the nurses say they have had no response from the finance ministry.
President of the Nurses Association of Jamaica Edith Allwood Anderson says the nurses have become frustrated and are no longer prepared to continue waiting indefinitely on the finance ministry.
The health sector is being undermined,she added.