Liberian Health Workers Threaten Strike Over Pay

Health workers in Ebola-ravaged Liberia are reportedly planning to go on strike if the government doesn’t increase their hazard pay from below $500 to $700.

The medics, under the umbrella of the Liberia's National Health Workers Association, are said to have threatened that they would not report for work on Monday, October 13, if their demands are not met.

The Secretary-general of the association, George Williams said:

"Up to this point nobody has come to us to resolve them, so the strike action stands for Monday,” "Our doors are still open to negotiation and we are waiting."

Health workers are more likely to catch Ebola due to the fact that they attend to victims when they are at the most infectious stages.

200 Liberian workers are said to have caught the disease during the current outbreak. 95 of who reportedly lost their lives to the disease.