Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff walked off the job in the U.K. on Monday in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of the country’s public health system. The walkout is the latest in a wave of
More nurses strikes that would see twice as many workers walkout will be announced for February if talks with ministers do not make progress, union leaders have warned. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said that the strikes will be announced if
NHS Chief Amanda Pritchard has called for an increase in the training of homegrown doctors and nurses in the UK as she warned that hospitals are “over-reliant” on foreign staff, a news report has claimed. Ms Pritchard said she wanted to stop
The nurses from two city hospitals walked out on Monday morning as talks over contract changes fell through. The nurses taking part in the action are from the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. As a
The nursing union could accept the pay rise of around 10 percent and end its ongoing squabble with the Government, a news report has claimed. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) chief said that she is willing to “meet the Government halfway”.
UK strikes happening first week of January Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) embarked on another 48-hour strike on Tuesday as the pay dispute ongoing for over six months spilled into the New Year. Although the
Ambulance workers have called off strike action just days before they were due to walk out, the union has announced. It comes as nurses announce two new dates for striking in the new year. The strike was scheduled for December 28 and