Byron McDaniel, Gleaner Writer
ALLWOOD-ANDERSON
WALDERSTON, Manchester:
AT A quarterly meeting of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) on Saturday, angry members voted to go public with their wages and fringe benefit claims.
The meeting was held at the Sacred Heart Academy in Christiana, Manchester.
The meeting, which was attended by 30 of the NAJ's 38 groups islandwide, voted unanimously to bring their wage and fringe benefits proposal to the public to make the nation aware of what it described as the plight of the nursing sector.
"Neither the Minister of Health nor the Ministers in Finance and now the Prime Minister have paid due respect to what the nurses are saying", president of the NAJ Edith Allwood-Anderson told The Gleaner.
The NAJ, which is not a signatory to the second public sector Memorandum of Understanding, has made claims for improved wages and working conditions which are not in the ambit of the partnership.
They are also demanding at least $60,000 monthly for entry-level nurses after tax is deducted.
During Saturday's closed-door meeting, several reso-lutions were passed. According to the NAJ president, the resolutions are expected to be released to the media today.
