Unite members in National Ambulance Service to strike

Unite members of the National Ambulance Service join strike action next month

The strikes relate to a dispute over the HSE’s failure to implement the recommendations of an independent report on updating staff salary scales to reflect changes in their responsibilities and workload over the past two decades.

Unite members in National Ambulance Service to strike

Members of the Unite trade union in the National Ambulance Service are to take strike action next month in a dispute over salary scales.

National Ambulance Service: Unite members set to strike next month

Unite, which represents members working for the National Ambulance Service (NAS), has served notice of strike action on the Health Services Executive (HSE). Unite and Siptu members voted overwhelmingly for industrial action due to management’s ongoing failure to implement the 2020 ‘Roles and Responsibilities Review’. In addition, a five per cent increase recommended under the Benchmarking II process has not been delivered. The unions have notifi…