Around 1,500 more Welsh Ambulance Service staff will strike on Monday after a Welsh Government pay offer was rejected. 66% of GMB union members rejected the offer, the union said.
The 1,500 workers will now join 10,000 other ambulance workers from across Wales and England on strike on Monday. The government offer, which amounted to an average 5.5 per cent pay rise and a 1.5 per cent one-off bonus payment, saw an extra three per cent added to the existing deal pay packet - only half of which would be consolidated in next year’s discussions, GMB said.
GMB staff will be joined on the picket line by Unite colleagues who are holding a three-day walk out after their members also rejected their pay offer this week. The Welsh Government offered Unite members a pay increase of 1.5% and a one-off payment equivalent to a further 1.5% of their salaries. Unison is re-balloting members after failing to win a mandate for strike action last year.
