Union urges Zimbabwe nurses to end strike amid pandemic
Inflation is running above 800% and nurses and some doctors have been striking to get their meagre salaries paid in US dollars
09 September 2020 - 11:44
Harare — Zimbabwe’s biggest nurses union said on Wednesday that it is encouraging its members to end a pay strike that started in June and which forced major hospitals to turn away patients at a time when the country is fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
Inflation is running above 800%, reviving memories of the hardships of more than a decade ago when hyperinflation wiped out savings and pensions...
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