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- Date: 6th September 1995
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- City: SOWETO
- Country: South Africa
- Reuters ID: 95SEP06V02
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NURSES STRIKE AT BARAGWANATH HOSPITAL IN SOWETO:
09.52.46 TOI-TOING NURSES WITH POSTERS
09.54.58 VARIOUS GV'S NURSES SINGING & DANCING
09.59.20 NUSES SITING AROUND OUTSIDE HOSPITAL
10.16.11 CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE "Seven die at Baraì
SICK SICK SICK"
10.19.49 MORE GV'S TOI-TOI
10.20.18 LOW ANGLE FEET
10.56.44 INTERVIEW WITH DOCTOR CHRIS VAN DENì
HEEVER
10.58.03 ...difficult to appropriate a particularì
death to this action...the number who dies overì
the last couple of days are not abnormally high...
10.58.26 IF NO SOLUTION? It will be closed. If theì
action continues, you cannot run a health careì
service without nursing staff & then the hospitalì
will close....
10.58.45 ...no patients in the ICU at theì
moment...
10.59.27 ...the issues that are on the table atì
the moment are issues of a national nature ratherì
than of a provincial nature. Salaries for all SAì
nurses are debated in a Central Bargaining Chamberì
which is the responsibility of the Central Gorv...
nothing that I as a manager here or the GAUTENGì
authorities can do about the demand for higher pay
10.59.59 ...the nurses...are not unionised & theì
Central Bargaining Chamber are made of organisedì
labour...Trade Unions & Staff Associations...
11.00.32 ...about 3 500 nurses that are involvedì
in this action...
11.01.57 TOP SHOTS OF STRIKING NURSES IN STREET
12.35.32 ENTRANCE TO HOSPITAL GROUNDS
12.39.27 NURSES TEARING UP PAPER
12.44.41 PRESSER: LEFU SEKGOTSINYANA CHAIRPERSONì
SOWETO COMMUNITY HEALTH FORUM
12.48.49 JACOB MOLEFE...during those negotiationsì
we realised that we didn't receive satisfactoryì
answers...
12.49.14 ...answer...the salary issue cannot be
discussed at this level and the time for theì
salary issue to be discussed has already passedì
because the issue has got to be discussed in theì
Public Service Bargaining Chamber & the Chamber isì
closed...
12.50.05 SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO REOPEN THEì
SALARY ISSUE - PUT PROPOSAL TO MR MASONDO
12.50.35 ...we said to Mr Masondo we have anì
immediate grievance here & something that canì
cause a crisis nationally...
12.51.28 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION REPLIED THATì
UNABLE TO OPEN CHAMBER
12.52.43 ...SAID TO MASONDO WE GUARENTEE THATì
PEOPLE WILL GO BACK TO WORK ON CONDITIONì
NEGOTIATIONS = FRUITFUL & HAVE TANGIBLE ANSWERS
12.53.29 WE WENT BACK TO WORK - SUDDENLY MASONDOì
NOT AVAILABLE
12.54.36 THIS IS THE DECISION THAT THE WORKERSì
HAVE TAKEN - TO STRIKE
12.59.38 WIDE PRESSER
12.59.55 SISTER LYDIA MBELE COMMENTING
13.02.59 SISTER BELINDA KGOGO COMMENTING - Copyright Holder: Visnews
