GMB union, announcing vote in favour of strikes across nine trusts, says action as much about patient safety as pay
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More than 10,000 ambulance workers have voted to strike across nine trusts in England and Wales in an escalation of the row over NHS pay with ministers, raising the threat of widespread industrial action across the health service before Christmas.
The GMB said workers across the ambulance services and some NHS trusts had voted to strike over the government’s 4% pay award, which it described as another “massive real-terms pay cut”. The union will meet with reps in the coming days to discuss potential strike dates over the next four weeks.
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