Health and social care staff in Northern Ireland will stage the first in a series of strikes later this week in pursuit of a cost of living pay increase
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UNISON members have urged UK government ministers to drop their "resistance" to engage with health trade unions on pay. She said: "Not a single ambulance or NHS worker wants to be taking action. The Westminster government began talking to unions about pay just two weeks ago, months after unions first asked ministers to engage.
"Ambulance workers want to be able to respond promptly when people call 999. But they can’t. Long delays before ambulances arrive, queues of emergency vehicles outside A&Es and patients stuck on trolleys in hospital corridors for hours has become the new normal.
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