Rail staff and nurses will strike once more subsequent month, whereas frontline Royal Mail staff are additionally threatening a brand new wave of strikes.
Tens of hundreds of RMT members will strike once more starting on 16 March after the union acquired “no new offers” from employers concerned within the nationwide rail dispute.
The RMT revealed the beginning of the following part of motion, following months of sporadic disruption, having earlier rejected the phrases supplied by Network Rail and 14 prepare operators on the bottom they “did not meet the needs of members on pay, job security or working conditions”.
The union didn’t give any additional dates however mentioned a “programme” of strike motion loomed.
It added that its members at Network Rail would additionally start an additional time ban that will hit upkeep and operations.
“RMT is seeking an unconditional offer from rail operators and Network Rail”, its assertion mentioned.
The union had described as “dreadful” a 5% pay rise, backdated to January final 12 months, together with a 4% hike for 2023.
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Nurses to stage 48-hour strike
Next month can even see tens of hundreds of nurses stage a 48-hour strike in a worsening dispute over pay and staffing.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) mentioned no companies might be exempt, which means the strike will contain for the primary time nursing employees working in emergency departments, intensive care models, most cancers care and different companies that beforehand didn’t participate.
The union has accused the federal government of refusing to have interaction in negotiations.
The strike will run constantly for 48 hours from 6am on 1 March.
The RCN mentioned it’ll scale back companies to an “absolute minimum” and ask hospitals to depend on members of different unions and different scientific professions as a substitute.
Royal Mail union secures recent strike mandate
Meanwhile, the union representing 112,000 frontline Royal Mail employees has revealed a recent mandate for industrial motion.
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) introduced that 95.9% of its members had voted in favour of renewed strikes on a 77% turnout, although it stopped in need of saying new dates instantly.
Source: information.sky.com”