![]() The RCN said it is inviting members of the public to co-sign a letter to Prime Minister Liz Truss which says: “On behalf of the nursing profession, I implore you to see sense. It is the first time in its 106-year history that the RCN has balloted members across the UK on strike action and it is urging them to vote in favour. ![]() Nurses’ real-terms earnings have fallen by 6% compared with 3.2% for private sector employees, it was found. The RCN said new analysis by London Economics to coincide with the ballot launch showed that pay for nurses has declined at twice the rate of the private sector in the last decade. Nurses will start voting on Thursday on whether to strike over pay amid warnings that record numbers are leaving the profession.Īround 300,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) are being asked if they want to mount a campaign of industrial action in the union’s first UK-wide ballot.
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