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AMBULANCE workers in south-east England will go on strike tomorrow as Unite escalates its industrial action in a long-running dispute over pay.
Unite’s members employed at South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust and South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust will strike from 12pm until 10pm.
Last month, Unite’s members and those in the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) employed in the NHS in England rejected the government’s offer of a lump sum cash payment for 2022-23 and a 5 per cent pay rise for this year.
Members of most other health unions accepted the offer.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “The government must reopen negotiations to ensure that a proper wage offer is made to NHS workers.
“We have always said that a non-consolidated lump sum for 2022-23 would not cut it. So it has turned out.
“The current offer does nothing to resolve the recruitment and retention crisis crippling the NHS.”
