On March 1, 2011 Free Trade Union of Medical Workers of Ukraine (FTUMWU), affiliated to the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, organized and held a protest action in Lviv and other cities of Western Ukraine (Khodoriv, Zhydachiv, Boryslav, Drohobych and Yavoriv) against closing hospitals and reducing the funding of the medical industry.
Union of Taxi drivers joined protest action showing its solidarity and full support. The action’s participants distributed campaign materials and other awareness-raising information to appeal to the citizens to support workers of medical institutions.
