British labor union Unite said ambulance workers would strike on a series of new dates in February and March, in the rearmost sign of the heightening disagreement between the government and healthcare workers over pay.
Unite said ambulance workers in England would walk- out on Feb. 6,Feb. 17,Feb. 20 and Feb. 22 and Mar. 6 and Mar. 20, with members in different regions holding walk- outs on different days.
The new dates will add to fears for the safe handling of Britain’s healthcare service on Feb. 6, when other health- related unions including the Royal College of Nursing are also carrying artificial action.
wanted to end the artificial action.
“ The government’s constant attempts to protest the can down the road and its talk about one off payments, or slightly increased pay awards in the future, is simply not sufficient to resolve this disagreement, ” Unite super eminent officer Onay Kasab said in a statement on Friday.
Members from a different union, the GMB, which represents ambulance and other healthcare workers including exigency care sidekicks, are formerly planning strikes on Feb. 6,Feb. 20, March 6 and March 20.
Britain’s Department of Health and Social Care said in an posted statement it was dissatisfied by news of farther strikes, adding conversations with unions over pay for the 2023- 4 period were “ formative ”.
“ Ambulance workers do an inconceivable job and it’s cheating some union members are going ahead with farther strikes at a time when the NHS is formerly under huge pressure from Covid, flu and diving the backlog, ” said a prophet.
