U.K.
Health service trade unions report high levels of support for the four hours of strike action on Monday 13 October and the industrial action (working to rule) on following days. The strike was notable for the involvement of the Royal College of Midwives, the first ever strike in the union's 133-year history. The unions are also backing the TUC's national demonstration on 18 October.
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And at > GMB
And at > Unite
And at > RCM
And at > TUC
(February 2017) Health support staff organised by the SIPTU union have voted 94% in favour of strike action in a dispute over job evaluation and payments to interns. The union argues that after 15 months of negotiations health employers have failed to abide by specific provisions in the national public sector agreements and have granted certain concessions to nurses in emergency units that have been denied to health support staff.
Health worker unions report massive support for the second round of strike action and working-to-rule in support of their pay claim. As with the first action in October, some unions took four hours of strike action on 24 November and were then joined by more unions supporting a work-to-rule. Unions involved in the action included the nurses and general health workers organised by unions like Unison, GMB and Unite as well as specialist unions representing midwives, radiographers, dieticians, consultants, managers and those working in prison psychiatric services. [Read more at > Unison->http:/
Over 1400 workers, members of the PCS civil service union, took strike action from 6-9 April in protest at the failure to address safety issues at the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency (DVLA) in Swansea in South Wales. Over 600 DVLA employees have tested positive for COVID since last September with no effective response from management or the Department of Transport (DoT). Following the strike the union has called for immediate talks to resume with the DoT and will be discussing next steps with members.
