LIMA (Reuters) - Doctors in Peru returned to work on Monday after wresting promises of better pay from President Ollanta Humala and credited congressional leadership for helping end the 33-day-strike.
The deal was a victory for public sector workers, who have complained about stagnant pay despite Peru's widening fiscal surplus, which swelled to 7 percent of gross domestic product in the first half of this year.
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