Venezuela nurses go on strike for living wages... say they can't survive on 30 cents per month
Venezuelan nurses go on strike for "unfortunate" pay increases
June 21, 2018
The chairman of the Caracas College of Nurses said she expected Maduro to receive the minimum salary for nurses to the same level as approved for police agents.
The chairman of the Nursing Association Caracas Ana Rosario Contreras announced on Thursday a strike of the health sector on June 25 in protest against "miserable" minimum wage increase approved by President Nicolás Maduro in the midst of hyperinflation.
"We are tired of doing a social workout. Maduro is talking today about the increase in minimum wage. We will react with an indefinite strike June 25th, and unless we hear, we will charge the fees for providing healthcare providers with free service. "
Maduro approved an increase of the national minimum wage tripling the former, from one million bolivars ($0.30 on the black market) to three million bolivars (just over one dollar).
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https://vaaju.com/colombiaeng/venezuelan-nurses-go-on-strike-for-unfortunate-pay-increases/
When Chavez came to power in 1999, the Bolivar was exchanging at 564 Bs to the dollar. It is now over 3 million "new/new" Bolivars to the dollar. (Chavez devalued the Bolivar 10 years ago by lopping off 3 zeros and called it the Fuerte Bolivar. Maduro just lopped off another 3 zeros and called it the Sovereign Bolivar. Everyone else calls it USELESS)
The local currency has devalued over 300,000,000% in less than 20 years. People wipe their ass with the currency and paste it on pictures of Chavez. Bolivarian Socialism for the win!
