Ms Cullen revealed nurses have been bombarded with WhatsApp messages from hospital bosses, in some cases offering triple and quadruple their usual hourly rates over the strike period. NHS trusts have urged nurses to reconsider leaving their duties over the Bak holiday weekend, warning it could endanger critically ill patients. She said the motion had only served 'to drive nurses further away,' The Independent reports. RCN chief executive Pat Cullen blasted the legal action taken against the union's planned 48-hour strike, in which the High Court ruled in the Government and NHS's favour. It comes as the chief of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said strikes by nurses could drag on for years if the Government does not listen to their concerns over pay. 'I know millions of families will be distressed to hear that a hardcore of activists are trying to hijack these disputes and inflict maximum pain.' We need much more sustained action.'īut it has been vehemently opposed by Tory MPs, who insist it would mean misery for millions of people already tiring of repeated strikes.įormer Education Secretary Kit Malthouse said: 'This is a very worrying development.
We need to be not dividing our struggles but uniting. The call by the National Education Union last night sparked fears that pupils could face more misery less than two months before some sit their GCSE exams (strikes in February)ĭuring the session NEU activist Paul McGarr said: “The Strike Map motion is fantastic because it talks about coordination.
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