BREAKING: Unite union has announced members who work as ground handlers for Menzies at Heathrow will stage a 72-hour walkout from 16 December. Read more: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Members of the Royal College of Nursing are set to strike in December for the first time ever following the government failing to commit to formal pay negotiations after a five-day deadline ended in November.nurses will strike as they call for a rise of 5% above inflation as they said they have had a real terms pay cut of 20% since 2010.
They were also excluded from the 4.5% increase the rest of the NHS has been promised. A potential strike date has not been set.Junior doctors went on their first strike ever in 2015, when Jeremy Hunt was health secretaryFive other unions are balloting for strike action, which could be co-ordinated, by NHS staff who are not junior doctors or nurses, including ambulance staff, midwives, physios and hospital porters.
Unite, the UK's second biggest union, is also balloting 10,000 NHS members ahead of Christmas for strikes in early 2023. Unison has suspended its ballot in Scotland as they consult on the Scottish government's offer of a flat rate of just over £2,200, which is worth more than 11% to the lowest paid, after an initial offer of 5%.
Staff at the Rural Payments Agency will walk out from 13-16 December, with further strikes on 19-23 December and 3-6, 9-13 January.
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