Welsh Ambulance strike called off by unions
A strike by Welsh Ambulance Service staff, due to take place on Monday, has been called off.
The GMB and Unite unions said they had "paused" the industrial action after "significant progress has been made".More than half of Wales' ambulance workers went on strike in a continued dispute over pay and working conditions in February, with Unite and GMB members both walking out. The GMB wrote on Twitter that the decision to suspend Monday's action came after "positive and intensive" negotiations on Friday."We did not take the decision to call off strike action lightly, and no suspension of future action has been agreed by us or Unite at this stage."That previous action came after ambulance staff rejected a Welsh government pay offer of 3% for 2022-23.The offer was on top of the average 4.5% paid to health workers last autumn.
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