UNIONS suspended planned strike action by ambulance workers today after the government agreed to resume talks on pay.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay wrote to GMB and Unison earlier today, within hours of workers saying they would reduce emergency cover during strike days on March 6 and 8.
The Department of Health and Social Care has now agreed to discuss pay for both this year and the next, as well improvements to other terms and conditions, GMB said.
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER


