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BMA members on Manchester Royal Infirmary picket line had hoped Labour government would end pay disputeOutside Manchester Royal Infirmary, car horns beep as striking medics wave orange placards demanding “Pay Restoration for Doctors.”Most are decked ou…
Up to 50,000 doctors stage five days of action from 7am on 25 July to 7am on 30 July after pay talks break downResident doctors in England have begun strike action after the British Medical Association and government failed to reach an agreement over p…
Exclusive: Health secretary urges medics not to join BMA industrial action on Friday Wes Streeting: this unnecessary strike will hurt patientsA strike by resident doctors “enormously undermines the entire trade union movement”, Wes Streeting has argued…
Former leader of Fire Brigades Union secured 5,249 votes against Neil Butler after legal challenge to executive’s earlier decisionMatt Wrack, a former leader of the firefighters’ union, has been elected as permanent general secretary of the NASUWT teac…
GMB and Prospect say government needs greater focus on green energy amid political shift away from net zero commitmentsThe Labour government needs to ramp up the creation of green jobs or risk workers being tempted to vote for parties opposing the shif…
NHS Providers boss says it is doing ‘responsible thing’ after BMA union said it was putting patients at riskThe NHS has hit out at the doctors’ trade union for alleging that it is putting patient safety at risk by not cancelling planned treatment durin…
Consultants and other NHS staff also respond to Guardian callout, with most expressing outrage at BMA’s demandsThe health secretary, Wes Streeting, is hoping that a “constructive” meeting with leaders of the British Medical Association last week will a…
Exclusive: Analysis shows covering part of salaries from first day off can boost productivity and employee retentionBusiness live – latest updatesChanges to sick pay to cover part of workers’ salaries from the first day off could end up benefiting Brit…
Twenty-two union leaders criticise Met over arrest of people who took part in pro-Gaza march in JanuaryMore than 20 union leaders have expressed their deep concern over the apparent erosion of the right to peaceful protest, piling pressure on the Metr…
Resident doctors have voted to strike over pay but how much has their real-terms earnings changed since 2008?Resident doctors in England have voted to strike for five days from 25 July, reigniting one of the NHS’s most bitter industrial disputes.At the…