Tens of thousands of RMT members will strike on 16 March, while tens of thousands of nurses will stage a 48-hour strike on 1 March and frontline Royal Mail staff have voted in favour of renewed walkouts.
Rail workers and nurses will strike again next month, while frontline Royal Mail workers are also threatening a new wave of strikes.beginning on 16 March after the union received"no new offers" from employers involved in the national rail dispute.
The RMT revealed the start of the next phase of action, following months of sporadic disruption, having earlier offered by Network Rail and 14 train operators on the ground they"did not meet the needs of members on pay, job security or working conditions".It added that its members at Network Rail would also commence an overtime ban that would hit maintenance and operations.The union had described as"dreadful" a 5% pay rise, backdated to January last year, along with a 4% hike for 2023.in a worsening dispute over pay and staffing.
The Royal College of Nursing said no services will be exempt, meaning the strike will involve for the first time nursing staff working in emergency departments, intensive care units, cancer care and other services that previously did not take part.The union has accused the government of refusing to engage in negotiations.The RCN said it will reduce services to an"absolute minimum" and ask hospitals to rely on members of other unions and other clinical professions instead.
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