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re: Britain on STRIKE: Nurses/Ambulances/Royal Mail/Trains & Teachers Want CHANGE
Ambulance Staff Vote to Strike
Ambulance Workers Across England Set to Strike Before Christmas
BBC 30 NOV 2022
The risk of an NHS crisis in the run-up to Christmas is worsening, as paramedics and other ambulance workers are now set to go on strike. Unison, which represents hundreds of thousands of health workers, including ambulance staff, as well as porters and cleaners, announced that 80,000 of its members supported taking industrial action.
Today, the GMB – the largest union for ambulance staff – is also expected to declare its members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of walkouts. It would be the first national ambulance strike for more than 30 years. Unions are obliged to give two weeks' notice before taking industrial action, meaning walkouts affecting ambulance services may fall next month.
Up to 100,000 nurses are already set to strike on Dec 15 and 20. Search the full list of NHS trusts affected. Altogether, 200,000 health workers are now understood to be backing strikes. Ministers are working on contingency strategies that could see the military drafted in to drive ambulances.
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