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23/04/2015
NI Ambulance Service Workers To Strike On 6 May
NI Ambulance Service members will join Translink workers in a 24 hour stoppage on 6 May, Unite the union has confirmed.
Unite National Officer with responsibility for health, Kevin McAdam, today confirmed the union has agreed a programme of strike action in pursuit of an outstanding pay claim for 2014-15.
Mr McAdams said: "Healthcare workers are outraged at the failure of the DHSSPS to respond to the need for a fair and equitable pay rise. The 2014/2015 imposition of a non-consolidated pay rise has alarmed staff. Furthermore, the absence of any offer for 2015/2016 has caused anxiety for already under-pressure staff. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK not to have received an offer of a pay rise.
"Other Unite workers across the service will commence a refusal to work unpaid overtime from April 30 to May 10.
"This action is the next stage in our long running pay campaign. We are now joining other health unions in a strategy of varied actions designed to maximise disruption to the management of services while minimising impact on clients."
(CD/MH)
Unite National Officer with responsibility for health, Kevin McAdam, today confirmed the union has agreed a programme of strike action in pursuit of an outstanding pay claim for 2014-15.
Mr McAdams said: "Healthcare workers are outraged at the failure of the DHSSPS to respond to the need for a fair and equitable pay rise. The 2014/2015 imposition of a non-consolidated pay rise has alarmed staff. Furthermore, the absence of any offer for 2015/2016 has caused anxiety for already under-pressure staff. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK not to have received an offer of a pay rise.
"Other Unite workers across the service will commence a refusal to work unpaid overtime from April 30 to May 10.
"This action is the next stage in our long running pay campaign. We are now joining other health unions in a strategy of varied actions designed to maximise disruption to the management of services while minimising impact on clients."
(CD/MH)
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