[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2010\u002Fpoland-nurses-union-warns-of-nationwide-protest-february-23-2009":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},18225,"poland-nurses-union-warns-of-nationwide-protest-february-23-2009","Poland - Nurses union warns of nationwide protest - February 23, 2009",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2010\u002Fpoland-nurses-union-warns-of-nationwide-protest-february-23-2009","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:45:37.707509+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F18225\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2010",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2010\u002Fpoland-nurses-union-warns-of-nationwide-protest-february-23-2009\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T20:50:55.568968+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Ctable>\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>\n\u003Cp>The National Union of Nurses and Midwives\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>(OZZPiP)\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>has warned of nationwide protest action if the Health Ministry fails to react to their grievances. On 8 February, nurses in four hospitals in the Southeast of Poland went on strike,\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fstrong>demanding the pay increases promised to them in 2006-2007. Solidarity actions followed. On 22 February,\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>talks between health minister Ewa Kopacz and\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>OZZPiP\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>representatives wound up with no solution.\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>According to the unionists the minister tried to shirk off responsibility for decision-making in this area.\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>OZZPiP\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>leader Dorota Gardas stated that the Ministry is blind for the serious situation in the country's hospitals. \"There are no norms, no effective control over funds and no wage increases. Nurses are becoming an extinct profession with the average age of a Polish nurse at around 45 years old. The health ministry creates no incentives for young people to undertake education in this profession,\" Gardas complained bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English:\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>http:\u002F\u002Fwww.thenews.pl\u002Fnational\u002Fartykul126112_nursing-becoming-an\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>...;http:\u002F\u002Fwww.pracownik.net.pl\u002Fmeeting_at_health_ministry_and_solidarity_with\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cem>\u003Cem>\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"teaserText\">This article was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims to facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support the work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. \u003C\u002Fspan>For more information, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\">M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa>. You may find further information on the ETUI at\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>, and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2009.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]