Almost 750 paramedics and ambulance staff at West Midlands Ambulance Service are being balloted for strike action over calls for a pay rise in line with inflation.
Industrial action ballot dates have been announced for more than 15,000 ambulance workers across 11 trusts in England and Wales in disputes over pay.Ambulance workers will start voting on October 24, with the result due at the end of November.Almost 750 paramedics and ambulance staff atare being balloted for strike action over calls for a pay rise in line with inflation.
The GMB said its members are angry over the Government’s 4% pay award, which it said leaves them facing “another massive real-terms pay cut”.“They’ve not been on strike in decades but they are at the end of what they can take.
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