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Mexican healthcare workers protest for better wages, conditions

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Hundreds of Mexican healthcare workers marched through the capital, demanding higher wages, more staff, supplies and better working conditions.

Demonstrators for the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) called for the resignation of union leader Rafael Olivos Hernandez, accusing him of failing workers' interests. The protests took place ahead of a crucial vote for a proposed 6.8% pay increase.

Here's what protesters had to say.

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