Kerala: Private Nurses up against Private Hospitals over minimum wage issue
Kochi: In a major uproar, around 300 people including nurses and paramedical staffs associated with various private hospitals in the state went on a two-day strike under the ambit of Kerala State Private Hospital Employees Federation (KSPHEF). The protesting private hospital staffs demanded to resolve their minimum wage issue; to put an end to the contract employment system in private sectors; the intervention of the Labour Department to curb exploitation in hospitals and to release the list of departments where the minimum wage is yet to be declared.
The strike was initiated on February 4, 2020, at High Court junction and was inaugurated by K Chandran Pillai, National Secretary, Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU). Others including C B Chandrababu, CITU state secretary; C N Mohanan, CPM district secretary and one or two representatives from every private hospital in the state participated in the strike.
The private hospital nurses in Kerala had been on the warpath for the past two years, demanding a minimum basic salary of Rs 20,000 as fixed by the Supreme Court.
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