The health professionals voted on the motion during a union conference in Brighton. They said real-term pay cuts to salaries since 2008 have accumulated to 30% losses in earnings.
Doctors have called for a 30% pay rise over the next five years with some medics saying they might have to take industrial action if their demands aren't met.
Delegates at the British Medical Association's annual conference in Brighton voted to press ministers to agree to the increase, which they say makes up for real-term cuts to salaries since 2008.as inspiration for how public sector workers should pursue pay demands with the current government. Presenting the motion to the conference, Dr Emma Runswick said:"Pay restoration is the right, just and moral thing to do, but it is a significant demand and it won't be easy to win.
"Every part of the BMA needs to plan for how to achieve this. But I'm not foolish, I know that it's likely that industrial action will be required to move the governments on this issue."She said that it is"outrageous" that doctor's pay has been cut by 30%, a sum that represents earnings losses amounting to"millions of pounds".
Dr Runswick added:"All around us, workers are coming together in trade unions and winning big - last month bin men in Manchester 22%; Gatwick airport workers won a 21% pay increase two weeks ago, and in March cleaners and porters at Croydon hospital won a 24% pay rise.
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