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50,000 health workers in Scotland vote on call for strike action over pay
MORE than 50,000 health workers in Scotland are voting on a call for strike action in a dispute over NHS staff pay.
Unison is balloting members after a 5 per cent increase offered by Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf was rejected.
The union said it was the first time since devolution took effect that health workers have been balloted for strike action over pay.
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