for a double digit rise when members have previously been encouraged to accept a smaller offer. it is going to be very difficult for the union, the majority of the other nhs unions, iii the majority of the other nhs unions, 1a in total have backed the deal, ministers have agreed to pay and that should be going into the pay packets next month and ministers are adamant the pay deal will not be reopened, no more talk, it is a done deal. the rcn is running a national ballot so if nurses vote for strike action across england can be involved, previously run a series of local ballots which was to help achieve the threshold necessary to take strike action, 50% of members did to take part in the majority need to back industrial action for that vote to count. by running a national ballot they are potentially having more impact but to achieve the threshold needed for the mandate to count is much more difficult running this national ballot thread is being dubbed and all nothing approach
seven months of disruption for the public before they agreed to get into a room, so the hope is that the lesson can be working with trade unions can deliver acceptable results to trade union members but also ones that work for the majority of the workforce and the government. let s move forwards and hope the next pay round is not as mired in difficulty. ijust i just heard from ijust heard from somewhere on a picket line in kent from the union unite, and we also heard that the rcn might be re balloting their members. do you have a message for the other nhs staff workers? i think it s important that all trade unions, we are all part of collective structures as well as individual trade unions, and that on our part, we need to acknowledge that it our part, we need to acknowledge thatitis our part, we need to acknowledge that it is not a unanimous position. i do struggle to remember a time when we have had unanimous positions on the staff side. it is very, very rare that you get s
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