Wages Revolt
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In Tonga
As part of widespread Ton gan dissatisfaction with wages, nurses in all major Tongan hospitals went on strike in March, and at the month’s end Civil Service clerks were threatening strike action. The nurses returned only when the government threatened to dis miss them. Senior sisters, re tired nurses and even Girl Guides were called into hospi tals to assist during the rebel lion. The threatened Civil Ser vice strike is over a new salaries review, in which senior public servants are to receive higher proportionate increases than base clerks.
Cabinet in late March was discussing the wages revolt.