NHS Health Workers (UNISON) Strike Calendar
Strike Type: NHS
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Almost three quarters of NHS workers (74%) voted to accept this offer, with 26% voting to reject it. This offer comes with a one-off payment of £1,655-£3,789, and a wage rise of 5% for the lowest paid, 10.4% for the nurses, midwives and other colleagues on Band 5 of Agenda for Change.
There are still other unions consulting their members, so the full picture won’t be known until the end of the month. UNISON has urged the government to ensure NHS workers get the wage rises they’ve voted for as soon as possible.
Although this vote may end UNISON’s dispute, it doesn’t solve the wider staffing emergency affecting every part of the NHS. Now, the government must work with unions to bring about a sustained programme of investment in the workforce.
The strike planned for next Wednesday involving thousands of ambulance staff and other NHS workers has been suspended to allow UNISON to enter pay talks with the government, the union said today (Friday).
Following a meeting of its health committee this afternoon, UNISON announced it was suspending the action scheduled for 8 March.
The decision was taken after the Department of Health and Social Care confirmed there would be additional investment in pay for both this year (2022/23) and next (2023/24).
UNISON HEAD OF HEALTH SARA GORTON said: “Unions said all along they could pause strikes if ministers would only commit to formal talks to boost pay for this year.
“The government has finally promised extra investment in pay for both this and next year.
“The sad thing is this could all have been handled so differently. Proper pay talks should have started months ago, long before the first strike was called. That would have avoided days of disruption for the NHS and its patients.
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