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”
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As Long As Striking NHS Workers Accept Reforms, Their Pay Packets Might Be Boosted From April
The Health Secretary has suggested that striking NHS staff could yet be in line for a bumper pay increase from April if they embrace productivity and efficiency reforms. Steve Barclay is expected to meet with union leaders for discussions about next year’s pay settlement for health employees. There’s pressure on the Government to agree toContinue reading “As Long As Striking NHS Workers Accept Reforms, Their Pay Packets Might Be Boosted From April”
Here Comes The Winter Of Discontent
Defiant union leaders are threatening to plunge Britain into a second winter of discontent with mass strike action that involves two million employees, bringing the country to its knees. Amid the confusion unfolding in Westminster this week, the Prime Minister has been dealt another political broadside, this time by the Trade Union Congress (TUC), inContinue reading “Here Comes The Winter Of Discontent”
Boris’s Plans To Axe 91,000 Jobs Will Leave The Civil Service Incapable Of Handling The Post-Brexit Workload, Unions Claim
Union leaders have expressed new angst at Boris Johnson’s intent to cut 91,000 civil service jobs as they warned the scheduled cuts would leave Whitehall unable to cope with its post-Brexit workload. The Prime Minister recently ordered ministers and senior officials to lower the civil service to the size it was in 2016. In theContinue reading “Boris’s Plans To Axe 91,000 Jobs Will Leave The Civil Service Incapable Of Handling The Post-Brexit Workload, Unions Claim”