Proposals for a one-off payment from Welsh government are rejected by Royal College of Nurses.
One union source said the comment was unhelpful and misleading because no firm offer is available to put to workers.
Welsh Labour ministers have insisted they cannot afford pay-outs that match inflation without better funding from the UK government. In a statement RCN Wales director Helen Whyley indicated the union was still prepared to talk to the Welsh government - saying she had written to the first minister last week to urging the Welsh government to "change its approach entirely"."We are not prepared to discuss any further the one-off non-consolidated payment proposed by the Welsh government in our last meeting unless the parameters of that payment change.
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