NHS wage dispute settled by trust managers and local unions

Title

NHS wage dispute settled by trust managers and local unions

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

5 Sep 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:21

Description

Robert Allen reports on the pay deal apparently reached between NHS and trust managers and the leaders of fourteen health unions to stop planned strikes in hospitals. The dispute was sparked in February when the Government offered a one percent national pay rise to be topped up by two percent by local trusts. Now the unions have accepted the introduction of local bargaining but say they have secured annual pay reviews and a national minimum wage. Includes comments from Bob Abberley of UNISON and Ken Jarrold of the Royal College of Nursing.

Contributors

Robert Allen; Ken Jarrold; Bob Abberley

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Wages; Health services; Labour relations; NHS; Hospitals; Pay disputes; Royal College of Nursing; UNISON

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