NHS workers announce strike action
Strikes will take place in the week commencing November 24 in a dispute over pay and it is likely to include a four-hour stoppage and a programme of action short of a strike.
Earlier in the month, NHS workers were on picket line s at Calderdale Royal Hospital.
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Rehana Azam, GMB National Officer for the NHS, said: “We regret having to inconvenience NHS users again, but the intransigence of the government and employers leaves us no choice.”
There will be a meeting on Tuesday 4th November of GMB lay representatives in the NHS to plan the action and details will be announced after that meeting.