Ambulance staff in South East to strike as union escalates industrial motion
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mbulance staff within the South East will strike on Tuesday as Unite escalates its industrial motion in a long-running dispute over pay.
Unite’s members employed at South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust and South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust will strike from 12pm till 10pm.
Last month, Unite’s members and people within the Royal College of Nursing employed within the NHS in England rejected the Government’s supply of a lump sum money fee for 2022/23 and a 5% pay rise for this yr.
Members of most different well being unions accepted the supply.
Unite basic secretary Sharon Graham stated: “The Government must reopen negotiations to ensure that a proper wage offer is made to NHS workers.
“We have always said that a non-consolidated lump sum for 22/23 would not cut it. So it has turned out.
“The current offer does nothing to resolve the recruitment and retention crisis crippling the NHS.
“The strike action by our South East ambulance workers is part of Unite’s escalation strategy to exert greater pressure on the Government.”