One of the largest trade unions for NHS workers have accepted the government’s pay offer after a lengthy dispute.
Members voted to accept an offer which covers two pay years – with a one-off lump sum for 2022/23, and a 5 percent wage rise for 2023/34 – which rises to 10.4 percent for the lowest paid.
The vote was a decisive victory in favour of accepting the pay deal, with 74 percent of members voting for it, at Unison’s recommendation.
There was a turnout of 53 percent for the vote.
Union bosses have been locked in an ongoing dispute with the government demanding better pay for NHS workers who have seen substantial real-terms pay cuts in the last decade.
The Royal College Nursing have said they will announce how its members in England voted on the deal later today.
However, it does not yet signal the end to strikes, with junior doctors who are members of the British Medical Association in the middle of a four-day-walkout that ends tomorrow at 7am.
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