Scots paramedics and nurses vote for strike action in pay dispute
dailyrecord.co.ukThe Scottish Ambulance Service and hospitals across the country could be brought to their knees after GMB union members voted to take strike action over pay.
Paramedics, ambulance technicians and nurses at some of the country’s largest health boards voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action over pay.
The union's ambulance workers voted 89 per cent in favour of action along with 98 per cent of members in Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board, 97 per cent in Lanarkshire, 94 per cent in Forth Valley, and 88 percent in Lothian.Around 2.5 million people live in the areas covered by the health board areas which have voted to strike.It means almost 4,000 GMB members including porters, domestics, and radiographers as well as nurses and ambulance workers have a legal mandate to participate in strike action.
It follows a month-long ballot of the union’s 8,000 members across NHS Scotland and associated services as the dispute between staff unions and the Scottish Government over the 2022/23 pay offer continues.
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