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    06

    Oct 2022

    Last Updated: 06/10/2022
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    Health

    Ambulance workers in Harrogate district could be set to strike

    by Calvin Robinson

    | 06 Oct, 2022
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    Yorkshire Ambulance Service staff are to vote on whether to strike, with a union official saying the service is 'crumbling' and staff 'have had enough'.

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    Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

    Staff at Yorkshire Ambulance Service are set to vote on strike action over a government pay offer.

    The service employs 7,200 staff and covers all of North Yorkshire, including the Harrogate district.

    The GMB Union, which represents 1,500 ambulance workers, said it held a consultative ballot over strike action which saw 90% vote in favour of a walk-out.

    Turnout for the vote was 80%.

    It comes after the government offered staff a 4% pay increase.

    Following the outcome on the consultative ballot, Unions are now set to move towards holding a formal vote on industrial action.

    Deanne Ferguson, GMB organiser, said:

    “Ambulance staff should not be worrying about how they’ll heat their homes this winter or feed their families, whilst carrying out a crucial service across our communities.
    “The service is crumbling, and it is having an impact on everyone - it is only surviving because of the amazing workers holding it together, through goodwill.
    “GMB members have had enough, they are angry - and that’s why they want to move to a formal ballot for strike action.
    “They’ve made history with their turnout and vote.
    “GMB Union will stand shoulder to shoulder with our members as we fight for an above inflation pay rise for our NHS heroes.”


    Dates for the formal ballot will be announced in the "coming days", the union said.



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