Data map: London medical staff marched to protest against unfair pay.
Overseas Network, August 10. According to Reuters , the Royal College of Nursing, the largest nurses union in the UK, stated on the 9th that more than 250,000 nurses working in the British National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales will be A vote will be held from mid-next month to mid-October on whether to strike over wages. If the strike goes ahead, it will be the first time in the history of the Royal College of Nursing that nurses from two places have launched strike action at the same time.
The Royal College of Nursing said that although the British government announced a 5% salary increase last month, it still could not keep up with the inflation rate. The British inflation rate that month reached 9.4%. Pat Cullen, the union's general secretary, called the pay rise a national disgrace. "The government ignores public opinion and we have no choice but to go on strike." Carol Popstone, chair of the union's executive committee, also criticized the pay rise as not helping to recruit or retain more nurses.
The nurses' pay fight is the latest example of industrial action in the UK. The NHS is already severely understaffed, with more than 100,000 positions currently vacant, and waiting times for millions of patients in hospitals have been extended due to the COVID-19 epidemic. A vote to go on strike could collapse the local medical system. (Overseas Network Hou Xingchuan)
Source: Overseas Network
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