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Health workers in Wales to be balloted on latest pay offer
Unite union general secretary Sharon Graham (centre), joins ambulance workers on the picket line outside ambulance headquarters in Coventry. Picture date: Wednesday December 21, 2022.

HEALTH workers in Wales are being balloted on an improved offer from the Welsh government aimed at resolving the long-running dispute over pay.

Unite is not recommending acceptance of the proposed deal but said that strike action will be paused while voting is held over the next month.

The union said that the pay offer falls short of inflation and does not address the concerns of its members over the cost of living.

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