Birmingham nurse says to increase NHS workers pay by the price of a cup of coffee is a kick in the teeth birminghammail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from birminghammail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Short-changed Midlands nurses continue to fight pitiful 1% NHS pay rise
The suggested increase would only add an extra £3.50 per week to take-home pay for an experienced nurse
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Nurses across the Midlands haven t given up the fight over a pitiful and bitterly disappointing government proposal for a one per cent pay rise.
RCN to host virtual march to Downing Street under fair pay campaign
Number 10 Downing Street, London Source: Sergeant Tom Robinson RLC
Nurses are being urged to take their fight for a fair and significant pay rise to the prime minister’s door by joining a virtual march to Downing Street this week.
On Thursday evening the Royal College of Nursing will be hosting a virtual march across the UK as part of its Fair Pay For Nursing campaign, which calls for a 12.5% pay rise for nursing staff on Agenda for Change contracts.
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RCN members, their friends, families and colleagues are invited to join the interactive event to “tell the prime minister why he must give nursing staff a significant pay rise this year”, the union has said.
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NHS staff set off from St Thomasâ Hospital to Downing St demanding a 15% pay rise
UNISONâS campaign for an immediate pay rise for health workers goes up a level this week â with a plea to the public and serious demands made of MPs.
Had the government already agreed to a fair and reasonable pay rise of £2,000 for all health workers, this week NHS staff would be getting an extra £38.46 a week in their pay packets.
Instead, they have nothing.
The governmentâs delay means that, after leading the battle against Covid-19, more than a million health workers â including cleaners, porters, physiotherapists, 999 call handlers, nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants â must now wait until later in the year for a wage increase.
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