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AMBULANCE staff across the North West will stage a two-hour walkout today in a dispute over pay.
Members of the GMB union working for North West Ambulance Service say they have waited for the outcome of a job re-evaluation for more than 12 years.
The paramedics, who are set to strike for two hours at the start of their shift, are also calling for an investigation into why the review has taken so long.
GMB official Mike Buoey said: “GMB North West paramedics are taking this step reluctantly as a last resort, but they’ve been backed into a corner.
“They have waited patiently for many years while their job was re-evaluated for the years between 2005 to 2016.
The ambulance service “asked what [paramedics] wanted. We told them — an independent investigation into what has happened during the past 13 years and an external evaluation of the job role.”
