Nurses form picket line as strike enters its second day
Royal College of Nursing members form a picket line outside London hospitals as nurses in England enter the second day of their 48-hour strike over pay. .
Royal College of Nursing members form a picket line outside London hospitals as nurses in England enter the second day of their 48-hour strike over pay. .
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Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan made the quip to the PA news agency as he arrived at a picket line outside London Euston station.
We are becoming all too familiar with strikes impacting our everyday lives, but you may not have considered how upcoming industrial action could also throw your holiday plans into disarray. The likes of passport officers and museum workers have walked out in recent weeks, and even getting to the airport can prove a challenge with ongoing rail strikes.
Royal Mail postal workers have revealed a new strike date for the month of February.
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Members of Aslef and the RMT have walked out in long-running dispute over pay and conditions, leaving some routes with no trains at all
The GMB was due to hold a strike on Monday, while members of the Royal College of Nursing were set to walk out on Monday and Tuesday.
Junior doctors in England are "likely" to go on strike next month in a dispute over pay and conditions, a spokesperson has said. Around 45,000 members have been balloted and the results expected around 20 February, deputy co-chair of the British Medical Association's Junior Doctors Committee Dr Mike Greenhalgh told Sky News. If they reach the 50% 'yes' threshold then junior doctors - any doctor below consultant level - will begin a 72-hour "full walkout" in March.
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The GMB said its action has been suspended to allow further negotiations with the Welsh Government.
Nurses in Wales have called off next week’s planned strikes following a pay offer of 7.5 per cent for the current year from the Welsh government.
TfL warns the industrial action will cause ‘serious disruption’
Unite said some workers are facing what is effectively a 6% pay cut.
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen said a ‘meaningful’ pay offer can stop the walkout.
Nurses will return to picket lines on Monday and Tuesday
Welsh ambulance workers have suspended their plans to strike on Monday after a pay offer from the Senedd. The GMB union says its members have been offered a 1.5% non-consolidated rise and a 1.5% consolidated one-off payment for 2022 to 2023 - on top of the already imposed 4.5%.
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