Liberian nurses threaten to strike over low Ebola hazard pay

Liberian nurses threaten to strike over low Ebola hazard pay
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Liberia's Ebola outbreak could become much more complicated this week, The Associated Press reports.

The country's National Health Workers Association is demanding higher hazard pay from the government, and the group's leaders say that if Liberian officials will not negotiate, nurses and physician assistants will go on strike, beginning Monday.

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.