Care workers ‘not paid enough to live on’ says union as charity faces walkout
Workers at a Scottish care charity have voted to walk out in a dispute over pay, with a union saying care workers are “not paid enough to live on”. The
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Union in Scotland to ballot 90,000 local government workers over pay dispute
More than 90,000 council and school workers in Scotland will be balloted for strike action in a pay dispute, a union has said. Unison has rejected the latest pay offer
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Council say they have ‘robust’ contingency plans in place for strike by social care workers
A council said it has “robust” contingency plans in place to deal with a strike by adult social care workers. Members of the Unison union in Lancashire are taking industrial
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Staff in social work teams employed by Lancashire County Council to go on strike
Staff in social work teams are to strike for five days from Friday in a dispute over salary grades and working cover. Around 200 social care support officers and hearing
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GPs vote overwhelmingly to begin industrial action which could last ‘months’
Family doctors across England are to stage unprecedented industrial action amid a row over the new contract for GP services in England. More than 8,500 GPs took part in a
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Health Secretary to meet junior doctors and dentists over strikes and reform
The Health Secretary has announced he will meet junior doctors on Tuesday in an effort to end strike action and discuss reform. Wes Streeting will first meet the British Dental
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Junior doctors vote by 98% to continue taking industrial action over pay
Junior doctors in England have voted by a huge margin to continue taking industrial action for the next six months in their long-running pay dispute. The British Medical Association (BMA)
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Workers at the UK’s biggest NHS trust to stage fresh strike over pay
Porters, cleaners and facilities staff at the largest NHS trust in the UK are to stage fresh strikes in a dispute over pay. Members of Unite at Barts NHS Trust
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Failure to resolve NHS strikes expected to have financial cost of more than £1.5bn
Strikes in the NHS over the past 14 months are expected to have a financial cost of more than £1.5 billion, it has been revealed. NHS Providers said the figure
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Northern Ireland health strike ‘will have profound impact’ on services, Trust leaders warn
Health trust bosses in Northern Ireland have warned that mass strike action planned for the region on Thursday will have a “profound impact” on services. The chief executives of the
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