On the occasion of the International Nurses Day on May 12, the nurses group Filipino Nurses United has demanded for a wage increase for Filipino nurses in the Philippines.
“2020 is the year of the Nurse and May 12, 2020, is the International Nurses Day, a wage increase is a good gift nurses deserve well,” said the FNU in a statement on Monday.
“Stop calling them heroes. Better to give the just salaries and the increase they well-deserve,” FNU said.
FNU said they have been campaigning for the P30,000 entry salary for nurses.
“We had initial victory because the budget for the increase was approved and included for 2020,” said the group.
“Starting January 2020, the government Nurse 1 should have been receiving the wage increase of P10,000 plus the government employees increase,” they said.
