The 24-hour strike will be the latest full day of industrial action taken by health sector unions as they push for better pay
Paramedics are among the workers taking part at picket lines across the region on Thursday . Workers with the unions Nipsa, Unison, Unite and the GMB are staging the action. The 24-hour stoppage will be the latest full day of action taken by health sector unions as they press for safe staffing, better pay and improved mileage allowances.
“It is an appalling situation when trade unions willing to negotiate have all doors closed to them. It is therefore inevitable that this action today is happening,” she said. “Health workers cannot stand idly by or stay silent. And why should they?”
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