Specialist health workers who take patients’ blood have been striking for 236 straight days in what their union claims is the longest strike in NHS history. The 36 phlebotomists claim the clinical nature of the tasks they perform means they should be on a higher NHS pay scale, worth an extra £1.09 an hour. Bosses at GloucestershireContinue reading “Longest Walkout By Hospital Blood-Takers In NHS History”
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Week-Long Strike Could Halt Tube Network
When Tube employees go on strike for seven days next month, commuters are bracing for transport disruption. In a disagreement over wages and working conditions, London Underground employees will go on strike several times next month, according to the RMT union. The workers will start the week-long strike on Friday, September 5. The union saidContinue reading “Week-Long Strike Could Halt Tube Network”
Doctor Called Off The Picket Line To Treat Sick Babies
A striking doctor has been called off the picket line to treat ‘very sick babies’ whose lives could be endangered by a five-day strike by NHS doctors. Nottingham City Hospital pleaded with the British Medical Association (BMA) for the doctor to be exempt from the walkouts so that they could work in the neonatal intensive careContinue reading “Doctor Called Off The Picket Line To Treat Sick Babies”
Junior Doctors’ Strike Threatens Streeting’s NHS Recovery
Wes Streeting has revealed his NHS recovery plan is ‘hanging by a thread’ as resident doctors gear up for fresh walkouts in a fortnight. The Health Secretary accused the British Medical Association (BMA) of being ‘completely unreasonable’ after it announced the five-day walkout, which could result in the cancellation of 200,000 appointments and operations. Resident doctors, formerly called junior doctors,Continue reading “Junior Doctors’ Strike Threatens Streeting’s NHS Recovery”
Next Month, Tube Workers Go On Strike
London commuters will suffer due to a series of strikes by London Underground employees, including drivers, next month in protest over wages. On November 7 and Tuesday, November 12, trade union Aslef, representing thousands of Tube drivers who make at least £63,000 annually, has called for 24-hour walkouts. In response to a “wholly inadequate” compensationContinue reading “Next Month, Tube Workers Go On Strike”
We Are About To Embark On Nine Days Of Train Hell
Today marks the start of the nine-day overtime restriction by Aslef train drivers, which will severely impede travel for rail customers. A prohibition on overtime for all rail operators starting today and lasting until Tuesday, February 6, is expected to result in thousands of trains being cancelled at short notice throughout the United Kingdom everyContinue reading “We Are About To Embark On Nine Days Of Train Hell”
Britain Returns To LOCKDOWN After Mick Lynch Loses Support For Crippling Strikes
Public support for Mick Lynch’s crippling Christmas walkouts is draining away as Britain faces a lockdown by industrial action with the festive season in ruins for the third year running and businesses face losing billions. Millions of employees must now work from home, some until 2023, due to union tycoons such as Mick Lynch shuttingContinue reading “Britain Returns To LOCKDOWN After Mick Lynch Loses Support For Crippling Strikes”
Nursing Union Leaders Have Offered To ‘Pause’ Strike Due To Crippling The NHS, But Ministers Refuse To Meet
Ministers have refused an offer from nursing union leaders to delay a walkout due to incapacitate the NHS in exchange for face-to-face discussions over pay. The Royal College of Nursing had offered to ‘press pause’ on a strike in exchange for talks with Health Secretary Steve Barclay, amid fears that the action by thousands ofContinue reading “Nursing Union Leaders Have Offered To ‘Pause’ Strike Due To Crippling The NHS, But Ministers Refuse To Meet”
Before Christmas, Thousands Of Nurses Will Strike
Thousands of nurses will strike before Christmas after union’s members voted in favour of a first-ever mass NHS walkout. Britain’s nursing union, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), closed its historic strike action ballot of its 300,000 members on Wednesday. The union is demanding nurses receive a cost of living pay rise of 5 perContinue reading “Before Christmas, Thousands Of Nurses Will Strike”
Next Year, Royal Mail Will Lay Off 10,000 Full-Time Employees
Royal Mail today announced plans to make up to 6,000 employees redundant by next August, as it blamed continued strike action for increasing losses at the company. The postal company said it will start informing employees of its proposals, as part of a drive to decrease its headcount by 10,000 overall. Half of those positionsContinue reading “Next Year, Royal Mail Will Lay Off 10,000 Full-Time Employees”
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