
Evri couriers reject pay offer with 97% voting against deal
More than 6,000 Evri couriers have rejected a pay offer dating back to 2025, with GMB warning that industrial action could now be considered.

More than 6,000 Evri couriers have rejected a pay offer dating back to 2025, with GMB warning that industrial action could now be considered.

The strikes are scheduled to take place on 25th and 29th June and follow ongoing concerns over pay, recruitment and retention within the health service.

The strike action, announced by the BMA, will run from 7am on 15th June until 6.59am on 19th June.

The ballot includes consultants, specialist, associate specialist and specialty (SAS) doctors, and resident doctors working in secondary care across Northern Ireland.

The union’s national executive confirmed the decision on Saturday, 9th May, with ballots for staff in state-maintained schools set to open on 3rd October and close on 15th December.

The strikes are set for 27th April to 1st May, 11th May to 15th May and 25th May to 29th May.

BMA Resident Doctors Committee chair Dr Jack Fletcher said the priority must be tackling the jobs crisis facing doctors and securing a credible path to restoring pay.

British Medical Association (BMA) resident doctor members voted by 83% to 17% to carry on with strike action.

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Cardiff Bus workers are set to begin three weeks of continuous strike action later this month, in an ongoing dispute over pay and working conditions.

Sharon Graham said: “The NHS can’t be repaired while the government continues to erode pay and drastically cut NHS budgets.”

The announcement comes after the British Medical Association’s (BMA) Resident Doctors Committee (RDC) met on Tuesday to review a letter from Health Secretary Wes Streeting, which they concluded fell short of offering any substantive proposals.
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