Health care staff has rallied outside of the Department of Health to demand fair pay. Both frontline and support workers have accepted wage freezes for years under an agreement to save jobs. Trade unions have said that health care workers have done everything they promised under the agreement and expect the government to honour its obligations by raising the wage after the years of saving.
English: http://www.uniglobalunion.org/news/siptu-health-members-rally-fair-pay
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