Ambulance workers at North West Ambulance Service will start voting today on whether to take strike action over pay. More than 15,000 ambulance workers across 11 trusts in England and Wales are involved, according to a union.
Members of the GMB union are being balloted in the coming weeks amid continuing industrial unrest in many sectors of the economy. NHS workers in other unions, including nurses, are also being asked if they want to take strike action over pay.
North West Ambulance Service serves more than seven million people across approximately 5,400 square miles - including Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumbria, Merseyside and Glossop.
