Ambulance staff vote in support of industrial action in dispute over proposed new shift patterns

Ambulance staff vote in support of industrial action in dispute over proposed new shift patterns

Close to 90% of workers signalled willing to take action as ambulance service say committed to working collaboratively with staff and unions

Ambulance workers vote for industrial action over proposed policy ‘bandage’

The move comes after a proposed new shift system was to be piloted in the South Eastern Trust area. Some ambulance workers and paramedics have voted to take strike action over what they have termed a “bandage policy” to cover a “staffing crisis”. Unite the union, which represents more than 400 paramedics and ambulance workers employed by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS), said their members voted “decisively” for industrial action in…

NI ambulance workers vote for industrial action over new shift proposals

86% of union members have said they are willing to go on strike over the proposals

Ambulance crews to strike in protest over new shift regime: Union fears changes will leave rural areas unprotected

​Ambulance staff have voted for industrial action in protest at coming shift changes that, says a major union, will leave rural parts of Northern Ireland without cover.

NI Ambulance workers vote for industrial action in shift dispute

Management proposals risk leaving areas without adequate ambulance cover and are an attempt to make paramedics pay the price for a staffing crisis they did not cause Paramedics and ambulance workers in Unite have voted decisively for industrial action in a recent consultative ballot. In total 86 per cent indicated a willingness to take strike action on management proposals to impose a new shift system. The new shifts were to be piloted in the So…

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