Union asks nurses if they would strike over States’ pay offer
NURSING union members are being asked if they would be prepared to take industrial action in a ballot sent out to gauge reaction to a three-year pay offer from the States.
NURSING union members are being asked if they would be prepared to take industrial action in a ballot sent out to gauge reaction to a three-year pay offer from the States.
The Welsh Government has offered a 4.5% wage increase.
There are 21,130 accepted applicants onto nursing courses this year compared with 22,690 last year, the RCN said.
Workers have overwhelmingly rejected a 5% pay offer from the Scottish Government.
If its members support strike action, it will be the first ever strike by RCN members in England or Wales.
Several organisations issued fresh calls for the Government to tackle the NHS staffing crisis.
One union official warns of co-ordinated industrial action.
They have been pressing for a decent wage rise amid soaring inflation and staff shortages they blame on poor pay.
It comes with research suggesting public support for industrial action over the issue has risen sharply.
Nurses are ‘leaving the profession in their droves’, according to RCN.
The move, which takes effect from Monday, has already been attacked by nurses, especially as cases and hospital admissions are rising.
Boris Johnson has published the terms of reference for the coronavirus public probe and announced its start.
Trade union leaders, frontline workers and community organisations will be among those at the demonstration in London.
Michelle O’Neill said without ministers in post, a three-year budget to fund health cannot be agreed.
Unions are urging the Scottish Government to go further on pay for NHS workers.