meeting on tuesday in order to vote on the fair and reasonable settlement that we agreed with them some weeks ago. there are 1a unions being asked to accept the government s pay offer, and ministers have said if the majority bracket, if the majority back it, it will go through. as we have heard, the rcn has said no. that union represents around two thirds of uk nurses. also, another union, unite, has also rejected the deal. but several others have said yes. gmb, one of the big ones, as well as unions that represent midwives, ambulance workers and also physiotherapists. whenever we talk about this story, it is important to look at the numbers we are actually talking about. this represents salaries of nurses ranging in speciality. so we have a newly qualified nurse here earning around £30,000. to put that into context, that is less than 40,000 us dollars a year. if we go down to a specialist nurse, like the one we heard from earlier,
them some weeks ago. there are 14 union been asked to accept - them some weeks ago. there are 14 union been asked to accept the - union been asked to accept the government pay offer and ministers have said if the majority back at it will go through. as we have heard the rcn has said no and that union represents around two thirds of uk nurses and also another union, the unite union has rejected the deal and several others have said yes. gmb is one of the big ones as well as unions representing midwives, ambulance workers and physiotherapists. when we talk about the story we need to look at the numbers that we are talking about. this represents salaries of nurses ranging in specialities so we have a newly qualified nurse here earning around £30,000. to put that into context that is less than 40,000 us dollars per year. and if we go down to specialist nurses they own around £45,000 a year and in us dollars thatis £45,000 a year and in us dollars that is around 56,000. those are the sal
back it, it will go through. as we have heard, the rcn has said no. that union represents around two thirds of uk nurses. also, another union, unite, has also rejected the deal. but several others have said yes. gmb, one of the big ones, as well as unions that represent midwives, ambulance workers and also physiotherapists. whenever we talk about this story, it is important to look at the numbers we are actually talking about. this represents salaries of nurses ranging in speciality. so we have a newly qualified nurse here earning around £30,000. to put that into context, that is less than 40,000 us dollars a year. if we go down to a specialist nurse, like the one we heard from earlier, they are on around £45,000 a year and, in us dollars, that is around 56,000. so those are the salaries we are dealing with. many nurses not happy with that on strike until midnight tonight and that strike action could continue if the outcome of tomorrow s meeting is not favourable.
union represents around two thirds of uk nurses and also another union the unite union also rejected the deal but several others have said yes. gmb is one of the big one is owned also unions representing midwives, and balance workers and physiotherapists. when we talk about this toy is important to look at the numbers that were talking about. this represents salaries of nurses ranging in specialities so we have a newly qualified nurse earning around £30,000 and to put that in context thatis £30,000 and to put that in context that is less than 40,000 us dollars per year. that is less than 40,000 us dollars peryear. if that is less than 40,000 us dollars per year. if we go down to specialist nurses they are are on around £45,000 a year and in us dollars that is about 36,000. so those other salaries that we are dealing with many nurses are not happy with that and they are on strike until midnight tonight and that strike action could continue if the outcome of the meeting tomorrow
went overseas was not successful. mom i love dad and you so much. i m dying because i can t breathe. i am so sorry, mom. that is the message they got. you can match the confusion and the despair. especially how they thought their daughter was going to be transported to the uk. take a listen to what the father told us. translator: i asked her some information about how she would travel, what transportation type. she answered that they was going by vip safe route. go by airlines, go by car. if i had known she would go by this way. nobody would let their kids go. i would never let her go. added to that is the great expense that this cost the family financially. while certainly that doesn t rank nearly as high as a life lost, for them it does matter because it was 40,000 u.s. dollars that they say for their