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| Unite members reject latest pay offer for NHS workers in England | Unite members reject latest pay offer for NHS workers in England |
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| NHS workers from Unite union vote to turn down latest government pay offer | NHS workers from Unite union vote to turn down latest government pay offer |
| Members of Unite have rejected the government’s pay offer to health workers in England, the union has announced. | Members of Unite have rejected the government’s pay offer to health workers in England, the union has announced. |
| Members voted by 52% against the offer of a 5% wage rise this year and a cash payment for last year. The turnout was 55%. | |
| Unite said the result showed very high figures of rejection for grades mostly in frontline services with patients. | |
| The union said seven out of 10 ambulance paramedics rejected the deal, and three-quarters of staff at the West Midlands ambulance trust rejected it. Workers at Guy’s and St Thomas’ rejected the deal by the same figure, while Yorkshire ambulance trust staff rejected it by two-thirds. | |
| Unite said previously announced strikes by more than 4,000 NHS workers across England who have a mandate for industrial action would go ahead. | |
| The general secretary, Sharon Graham, said: “Unite was clear from the start it was very unlikely this offer would be accepted. | |
| “It is quite frankly a joke that NHS workers are being forced to fight for a decent pay rise after years of pay freezes and all their sacrifices during the pandemic. | |
| “The government should be delivering generous rewards for that instead of a parade of insults, bullying and lies about our industrial action. Unite will be backing our NHS members 100%. Unite’s members will now return to the picket line to continue their fight. | |
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| “Rishi Sunak now needs to take over this mess, roll his sleeves up and sort it.” | |
| Members of the Royal College of Nursing also rejected the offer but health workers in other unions, including Unison, have accepted it. |