Ministers 'went from clapping nurses to slapping court orders on them,' RCN warns after courts cut short strike
Nurses on the picket line earlier this year
MINISTERS have “gone from clapping nurses to slapping court orders on them,” the leader of 300,000 nurses said after a High Court ruling against one day’s strike action next week.
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary Pat Cullen warned that after the “darkest day” in the protracted pay dispute, strike action could continue until Christmas after a new ballot takes place next month.
The government resorted to the courts to prevent a strike by nurses on Tuesday May 2 on a technicality.
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