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| Wales ambulance strike postponed after better pay offer | |
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| Monday's strike action by Welsh ambulance staff in the GMB union has been postponed after an improved offer was tabled by ministers. | |
| The BBC has been told the Welsh government offered a one-off pay deal, as well as improved consolidated pay rise for workers. | The BBC has been told the Welsh government offered a one-off pay deal, as well as improved consolidated pay rise for workers. |
| The GMB has decided to postpone industrial action while it considers this new development. | The GMB has decided to postpone industrial action while it considers this new development. |
| It is unclear what other unions have decided to do at this stage. | It is unclear what other unions have decided to do at this stage. |
| Details of the offer have not yet been disclosed. | |
| About a quarter of the ambulance service in Wales, including paramedics, call room staff and ambulance technicians, are represented by the GMB. | About a quarter of the ambulance service in Wales, including paramedics, call room staff and ambulance technicians, are represented by the GMB. |
| Thousands of ambulance workers have been holding walkouts since December, with GMB members only responding to life-threatening calls. | |
| The union has long been calling for better pay, above inflation, and was set to hold fresh strikes in February and March. | |
| It put increasing pressure on the Welsh government as strikes left the service "seriously disrupted". | |
| An offer presented by ministers has not been enough to call off strikes - until now. |