As the RCN and some Unite health branches prepare for more industrial action, the Tories have taken the RCN to court to try to stop the action. Stephen Barclay, the Health and Social Care minister, says that the original ballot closed at midday on 2 Nov 2022 and therefore its six-month mandate does not cover strikes on 2 May. The RCN has said that the strike (from 8pm 30 April to 8pm 2 May) will continue, and accuses the Tories of bullying.
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The public sector strikers are workers who have come off a year of zero increase. They have effectively taken a wage cut two years in a row, a loss of nearly 10% of their buying power, while prices keep going up.
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