Strike action

Industrial action due to take place tomorrow (March 6) by Unite union members at organisations including South East Coast Ambulance Service has been called ...

St John Ambulance union members across Victoria will take industrial action after pay negotiations stalled. Victorian Ambulance Union...

"It was utterly exhausting working in patient transport throughout the pandemic. "St John elders adorn themselves in robes and gold sceptres and claim to work in the service of humanity," Mr Hill said. He said most of the ambulance workers who performed that work were privately employed Patient Transport Officers (PTO) and Ambulance Transport Attendants (ATA) who work for companies like St John Ambulance.

HEALTH unions called off Monday's planned ambulance strike in Wales over the weekend as talks with the Welsh government to resolve the dispute continue.

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Move comes 'after further assurances over the weekend' from the government with regard to pay talks.

Unite members working in five of England’s 10 regional NHS ambulance services were expected to strike over two days this week. “If the meeting doesn’t meet these assurances, strike action will continue.” Unite has suspended strikes that were scheduled to take place on Monday and Wednesday after receiving what it said were promises from the government that it would improve its pay offer to

Unite, has today (Sunday 5 March) announced it has paused its forthcoming ambulance strikes, in order to enter pay talks with the government.

The general secretary is Sharon Graham. The assurances relate to a confirmation that any deal will include new money, rather than placing further pressure on NHS budgets and an indication that discussions about “efficiencies” and “productivity savings” will not result in attacks on the conditions of NHS staff. Unite head of operations Gail Cartmail said: “Following further assurances from the government over the weekend Unite has in good faith agreed to pause the strike action.

Strikes have become an ever-present part of British life in 2023, but the decisions behind industrial action aren't common knowledge.

[negotiations ](https://citymonitor.ai/economy/tracking-the-impact-of-the-uk-strike-wave)between the unionised employees, their union representatives and the employer. This is because, as Haines explained, the union was against the “fundamental principles” of the offer. This happened after more than 20 days of industrial action and mass walkouts that started at the end of 2022. [strikes](https://citymonitor.ai/transport/upcoming-strikes-action-uk), which is when employees halt their work without alerting unions (if they have one) or the employer. [Parliament](https://citymonitor.ai/government/civic-engagement/cancelling-camberwell-why-parliamentary-boundaries-matter), which is not finalised yet, that would entail some employees in certain sectors being required to work during strike action. This would also mean that unfair dismissal would not be valid in these circumstances, and unions have declared that there will be legal action against the UK government involved This is because the Employment Relations Act 2004 designated 12 weeks as the protected period for striking. So the key is that there is constant communication among union members, in order to make the motivations and steps clear. And that is how the RMT determined its next steps, for example. Mick Lynch, secretary general of the RMT, stated that “strikes would continue for as long as it takes”. Even now, the [RMT rail union](https://citymonitor.ai/transport/national-rail-strike-tube) has communicated further strikes throughout March. [London tube service](https://citymonitor.ai/community/public-health/london-undeground-overgound-heat) has gone through mass walkouts, along with national rail and overground.