Vienna – “Health instead of profit”, “Applause is not enough” and “It’s already five past twelve” might be read on dozens of signs when hundreds of nurses drew attention to the precarious situation in nursing during a demonstration on Thursday followingnoon. After a call from various unions, they wanted to use whistles, horns and chants to tell the federal government that higher wages and, above all, better working conditions were absolutely necessary to make the nursing profession more attractive once more. The federal government had previously announced a reform in care on Thursday morning: a monthly salary bonus, an improvement in care training and relief for caregiving relatives were promised.
