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The British Medical Association is demanding a pay rise of 26 per cent for its thousands of student medics, but the Government has refused to cave in, despite months of pleas from the union.

They wanted a fair contract, but say they didn't get it. So, 12,000 plan to stay home on Jan. 9.

A possible strike by thousands of New York City nurses is looming even though nurses at one hospital reached a tentative agreement hours before their contract was set to expire.

The Conservative MP said nurses on £30k using food banks had “something wrong” with their finances.

Gary Smith, an Edinburgh-born trade unionist, was rewarded for a lifetime of service to GMB with a £135,000 package when he was elected General Secretary last year.

Gary Smith, an Edinburgh-born trade unionist, was rewarded for a lifetime of service to GMB with a £135,000 package when he was elected General Secretary last year.

UKs Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has refused to cave to striking health workers demands amid pay dispute.

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The striking nurses are just one of numerous UK public and private sector workers taking industrial action over pay and working conditions.

The Royal College of Nursing is preparing to go on strike again next week as the government still refuses to discuss pay.