Pay issue prompts Ebola burial workers to strike in Sierra Leone
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 14:00
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JC FinleyFREETOWN, Sierra Leone, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Burial workers in Kenema, Sierra Leone went on strike after not receiving promised hazard payment for handling the corpses of Ebola victims.
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