This is the last article you can read this month
You can read more article this month
You can read more articles this month
Sorry your limit is up for this month
Reset on:
Please help support the Morning Star by subscribing here
STRIKING health visitors in Lincolnshire claimed victory yesterday after a Tory council withdrew planned wage cuts.
The jobs of more than 100 health visitors were transferred from the NHS to the county council in 2017.
The Unite union said the authority had introduced a new “two-tier” grading system, which would cost staff £150,000 over the course of a career.
Seventy-three health visitors – qualified nurses and midwives who treat patients at home – have staged 32 days of strike action since July and launched a month-long strike on November 18.
Unite East Midlands regional secretary Paresh Patel said yesterday that the health visitors’ jobs have now been upgraded, and thanked the public for their support.
“This victory should be seen in the context of a broader campaign for a fully resourced health visiting service across England. That fight will continue across the country in 2020,” he said.
