More than 10,000 ambulance workers across England and Wales will strike days before Christmas if the Government refuses to open pay talks - the first national ambulance strike in 30 years.
Three unions today announced the dates members will walk out, co-ordinating industrial action for Wednesday 21 December.
Members of the GMB union - who include paramedics, Emergency Care Assistants, call handlers and other staff - will also walk out on Wednesday 28 December after a decade of below-inflation pay awards caused a staffing crisis.