NHS union members want to REJECT peace pay deal trends now

NHS union members want to REJECT peace pay deal trends now
NHS union members want to REJECT peace pay deal trends now

NHS union members want to REJECT peace pay deal trends now

NHS union members are organizing a revolt over a 'paltry' pay deal agreed by their leaders. 

A cross-union group called NHS Workers Say No has already sent out thousands of leaflets, held online calls and started WhatsApp networks to persuade members to reject the deal.

After months of wrangling, ministers last week offered a £4billion deal to medical unions representing nurses, paramedics, healthcare assistants and midwives in a bid to end the strikes that have crippled hospitals and led to the cancellation of over 100,000 procedures this winter. 

Most unions have recommended their members go for it, and have paused strikes while the vote is being held.  

But the deal, which includes a one-off bonus of up to £3,800 and a 5 per cent pay rise for next year, has provoked outrage among some of the union membership.

After weeks of wrangling behind the scenes, the Government has offered over one million staff a one-off bonus worth up to £3,800. They will also receive an extra 5 per cent for 2023/24. But the offer has not gone down well with some union members. Pictured above, NHS staff on the picket line in during a strike in January

After weeks of wrangling behind the scenes, the Government has offered over one million staff a one-off bonus worth up to £3,800. They will also receive an extra 5 per cent for 2023/24. But the offer has not gone down well with some union members. Pictured above, NHS staff on the picket line in during a strike in January

The offer has so far been the best chance of averting more NHS strike action. Almost 140,000 ops and appointments have been cancelled because of NHS strikes this winter. That toll includes the biggest ever strike to rock the ailing health service on February 6, involving tens of thousands of nurses and paramedics

The offer has so far been the best chance of averting more NHS strike action. Almost 140,000 ops and appointments have been cancelled because of NHS strikes this winter. That toll includes the biggest ever strike to rock the ailing health service on February 6, involving tens of thousands of nurses and paramedics

Some members of the Royal College of Nursing have even launched a petition for an emergency meeting to hold a vote of no confidence in the union's leadership. 

They claim the figure is both far below the level of inflation and what the unions were originally striking for. 

Campaigners believe the vote on the Government's offer will be close.

It means nurses and other professionals could go back out on strike, if it is rejected. 

NHS Workers Say No figures are referring to the campaign unofficially as 'Vote Reject' and are planning to hold in-person lobbying events over the coming weeks.

Clinical nurse specialist and RCN member Harry Eccles, is one figure behind the movement and told the Guardian: 'It's an insulting offer. It goes nowhere near what we set out to achieve.

'The job for nurses like me is to speak to our colleagues across the UK, across different unions to say we need to reject this.'

After several months of industrial action, the government and union negotiators agreed on six unions to receive a one-off 2 per cent salary uplift and 4 per cent Covid recovery bonus for the current year as well as a permanent 5 per cent pay rise from April.

The value of the bonus for the some 1million staff included in the deal will vary with experience but the

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