Nurses warn of possible action over wage arrears

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Na­tion­al Nurs­es’ As­so­ci­a­tion (TTNNA) has warned that nurs­es may take fur­ther ac­tion over out­stand­ing wage ar­rears and a pro­posed ten per cent wage in­crease, po­ten­tial­ly with­out warn­ing.

New­ly in­stalled TTNNA pres­i­dent Leti­tia Cox said nurs­es and mid­wives were ea­ger for ac­tion af­ter the Gov­ern­ment’s 2027 Bud­get did not specif­i­cal­ly ad­dress their con­cerns.

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“Nurs­es are dis­ap­point­ed, an­gry and feel a sense of be­tray­al… Any fur­ther ac­tion by nurs­es may come with­out an­nounce­ment,” Cox told Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day.