Head of the Royal College of Nursing union (RCN) Pat Cullen has warned a double-digit pay offer is needed for nurses in England to end their dispute with the government. She said fresh negotiations are needed to avoid strikes until Christmas.
A double-digit pay offer is needed for nurses in England to end their dispute with the government, a union leader has warned.
It comes as members will begin a new ballot for industrial action on Tuesday, May 23, after the existing six-month mandate ran out at the start of the month.A picket line of nurses outside the St Thomas’ Hospital in London The Sunday Times‘They owe that to nursing staff not to push them to have to do another six months of industrial action right up to Christmas,’ Ms Cullen said ahead of the RCN congress in Brighton today, warning Mr Barclay that talks need to ‘start off in double figures’.
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