Ambulance dispute

Title

Ambulance dispute

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

13 Sep 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:41

Description

Margaret Shiels reports on a national dispute involving ambulance crews who are due to start a ban on overtime and rest day working in support of a 10.8 percent pay claim. London ambulance chiefs have already hired fleets of taxis to ferry patients about during the action. But the unions are warning that they are prepared for a long fight in an effort to win a fair pay rise. Includes interview with Stuart Barber, NUPE; Duncan Nichol, NHS.

Contributors

Duncan Nichol; Stuart Barber; Margaret Shiels

Keywords

Trade unions; Labour disputes; Wages; Health services; NUPE; NHS; Ambulance services; Ambulances

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