{"id":178502,"date":"2018-05-16T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/178502\/nurses-at-bertha-gxowa-picket-during-their-lunch-hour\/"},"modified":"2018-05-18T13:04:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T11:04:58","slug":"nurses-at-bertha-gxowa-picket-during-their-lunch-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/05\/16\/nurses-at-bertha-gxowa-picket-during-their-lunch-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurses at Bertha Gxowa picket during their lunch hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following unmet salary requests, nurses at Bertha Gxowa Hospital, together with members from the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (Denosa) and the National Health, Education and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu), have taken to picketing every day during their lunch hours between noon and 2pm.<\/p>\n<p>The picketing started on May 2.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bertha Gxowa nurses picketing during lunch time\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wzHCUZlon-0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/178087\/red-cross-celebrates-with-goodhope\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Cross celebrates with Goodhope<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>During picketing hours, ambulances and private cars are not permitted to enter or leave the hospital.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are picketing due to the outcome of our incentive bonuses and negotiations on our annual salary increases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not on strike; we only do this during our lunch hours,\u201d said Nehawu leaders outside Bertha Gxowa Hospital on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The GCN requested comment from the hospital, the unions and the Gauteng Department of Health but none was forthcoming at the time of going to press.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JKvQUROdmFA' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/177835\/patients-benefit-from-palliative-care\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patients benefit from palliative care<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-178502 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/05\/16\/nurses-at-bertha-gxowa-picket-during-their-lunch-hour\/attachment\/19gcngeneralpick_44976\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_44976-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-178504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_44976-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_44976-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_44976-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_44976.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-178504'>\n\t\t\t\tAmbulances and private cars are not allowed to leave the hospital or enter it during picketing hours.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/05\/16\/nurses-at-bertha-gxowa-picket-during-their-lunch-hour\/attachment\/19gcngeneralpick_84739\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_84739-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-178505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_84739-270x203.jpg 270w, 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src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_85350-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-178506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_85350-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_85350-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_85350-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_85350.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-178506'>\n\t\t\t\tNurses picketing outside Bertha Gxowa Hospital.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/05\/16\/nurses-at-bertha-gxowa-picket-during-their-lunch-hour\/attachment\/19gcngeneralpick_52708\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_52708-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-178507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_52708-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_52708-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_52708-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_52708.jpg 800w\" 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src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_07772-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-178509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_07772-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_07772-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_07772-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/05\/19GCNGENERALPICK_07772.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-178509'>\n\t\t\t\tA large number of nurses outside Bertha Gxowa demanded better salaries last Wednesday.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media platforms:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p 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