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An ambulance worker holds a Unite flag on the picket line outside ambulance headquarters in Coventry. Picture date: Wednesday December 21, 2022.
STRIKE action will hit the Welsh ambulance service tomorrow as Unite members walk out, while pay talks with the Welsh government continued over the weekend.
Other health unions in Wales decided to pause industrial action to consult members this week after an improved pay offer was negotiated in intensive talks last week.
The improved offer includes the £1,400 consolidated increase from the NHS pay review body and a further 3 per cent, of which 1.5 per cent is consolidated into pay and backdated to April 2022.
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
In the first of a series of interviews with leaders of progressive parties in Wales ahead of the May 7 Senedd election DAVID NICHOLSON talks to Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth
