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	40.000 Health Care Employees Demonstrates for Equal Salary

Copenhagen, April 17, 2008. Just one day after declaration of their nationwide strike 40.000 demonstrators within the Health Care Cartel took to the streets of inner Copenhagen, making their demand clear: 15% salary rise within the next 3 years. Here the demonstration-train is under way to the parliament square – Christiansborg Slotsplads – where nurse union chairman, Connie Kruckow, is the main speaker of the day.

Demonstrating hospital Bioanalytics with posters stating: “Enough is enough – salary Up!

The 40.000 man strong demonstration-train moves through the streets of Copenhagen.

The demonstrators arrives to Christiansborg Slotsplads, the parliament square.

The parliament square – Christiansborg Plads – is filled up with demonstrating health care personel. In the middle the statue of King Frederik the 7^th from 1849 who handed over his power to the people and established democratic government. The posters to the right reads: “Equal Salary – Right now!”

The main speaker of the day: Connie Kruckow, Chairman for the Association of Danish Nurses and the chief negotiator for the Health Care Cartel, which is the umbrella organization for 11 striking unions. – On the short term we want 15% salary increase and we want estalishment of an Equal Salary Commission. On the longer term we want the 27% salary bias between us public employees and the private sector employees for identical education duration, equalized. Our employer will not accept our demands, therefore we strike. Mrs Kruckow continues that this is only at the interest of the public at large, in order to assure enough new young people beeing interested in joining the public health care sector, thus securing the standard and quality of public health care.

Different colour – same struggle for equality

High spirit - and a lot of fun.

Little demonstrator with a red balloon. She claims that she is a strong advocate for equality: Her bigger brother gets much more pocket money, which is unfair and must be changed. Now - and not tomorrow!

Health care demonstrators with posters making their statement clear: Equal salary – Right now!

Health care demonstrators with posters making their statement clear: Equal salary – Right now! The white sign reads: “Nursing is fun – even the salary is laughable”

Popular rock band “Rene´ og Værsgo” concludes the demonstration, which was one of the largest during many years.


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