Nurses pay dispute

Title

Nurses pay dispute

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

28 Apr 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:02

Description

Jeff Collins reports on the nurses’ pay dispute, following RCN decision to ballot its members on abolishing their no-strike clause. Christine Hancock General Secretary announces the decision. Leaders of several of the other health unions have been meeting to discuss their next move in the campaign to persuade the government to improve the national pay award. They believe industrial action is on the cards and they’re ready for a fight. Speaking: Joanna Brown, British Ophthalmic Society; UNISON spokesman; Jocelyn Prudence, Chartered Society of Physiotherapists; David Wood for dieticians.

Contributors

Jeff Collins; Christine Hancock; Joanna Brown; Jocelyn Prudence; David Wood

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Wages; Nurses; Collective bargaining; RCN; Public health personnel; UNISON; Chartered Society of Physiotherapists; British Ophthalmic Society

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