Health workers go on token strike for second day

The executive committee of the Federation of Health Professionals says is scheduled to convene a meeting today (March 03) to discuss the future course of action of their trade union action.

The token strike launched by the Federation of Health Professionals last morning (March 01) entered its second consecutive day today.

Based on four demands, 17 trade unions in the health sector had launched an island-wide strike action on February 07 which lasted for nine days, crippling the hospital services and leaving patients stranded.

However, they resorted to an island-wide trade union action again yesterday citing that the steps taken to fulfil their demands agreed upon by the Health Minister during the previous discussions are unsatisfactory.