The Papua New Guinea Nurses Association is calling for a general strike because nurses around the country aren't being paid.
PNG Loop reports that the Association claims the government has not honoured an industrial award it signed last December on the nurses' wages and other benefits.
The document is considered a legally-binding contract between the government and the nurses union.
A spokesperson for the Association says it's now nine months on and the government still hasn't paid nurses.
Because of this, the association was calling for a strike, with all its 22 branches across PNG having signed resolutions supporting such action.
