The Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) says it will be intensifying its public education campaign today, following the Ministry of Finance and Planning's declaration that it cannot give the nurses a salary increase beyond what it is currently offering them.
The Government had offered the nurses a 22 per cent increase over two years, but that offer was rejected by the membership of the NAJ.
But the nurses want entry level members who currently take home $31,000 to get a net salary of $60,000.
"Our nurses islandwide will recommence the public education campaign but on an intensified basis, because the Minister of Finance is paying us scant regard," said Edith Allwood-Anderson, president of the NAJ.
