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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey

NHS union members step up campaign to reject ‘paltry’ pay deal

NHS nurses and other medical workers on strike
Many nurses and other health workers are angry the settlement falls far short of the 19% they were demanding. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Members of Britain’s biggest health unions are organising a campaign to reject the pay agreement being recommended by union leaders, in a move that threatens to destroy the tentative truce between the government and NHS staff.

A cross-union group called NHS Workers Say No has sent out thousands of leaflets, held online calls and started WhatsApp networks in an effort to persuade members to vote against the 5% increase hammered out during months of talks.

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