BREAKING: Thousands of ambulance workers and other NHS staff are to strike just days before Christmas.
Thousands of ambulance workers and other NHS staff are to strike just days before Christmas, it has been announced.
Staff will go on strike on December 21 in a dispute over pay, the GMB, Unison and Unite unions announced. The coordinated walkout by the three main ambulance unions, will affect non-life threatening calls only.It comes as Royal College of Nursing members are also preparing to go on strike on 15 and 20 December in parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The walkouts will involve paramedics as well as control room staff and support workers, with the military on standby to help out.Ambulance workers have voted in favour of industrial action
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