Around 450,000 Healthcare Personnel to Strike in UK, Asking Higher Pay

Over 450,000 National Health Service (NHS) workers are expected to strike over pay in England

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About 450,000 National Health Service (NHS) workers are likely to strike over pay in England Monday.

“NHS staff across England are on strike for fair pay from 7am to 11am [06:00-10:00 GMT] on Monday 13 October,” UNISON, certainly one of UK’s largest trade unions, reported on its website Monday, also saying that “UNISON members employed in the NHS in England should go on strike on Monday 13 October from 7am to 11 am and is likely to be taking action lacking strike action from 14 to 17 October “.

A complete of five British unions, including UNISON and Unite, will require part in the protest.

The 4-hour strike, that is the initial protest held by British healthcare workers in over 30 years,  an expected 1 percent pay rise for NHS staff was blocked in the United Kingdom.

In accordance with UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, NHS cannot afford to increase the salaries of its entire staff by 1 percent while at the same time frame meeting the price of annual pay increments, which half all NHS staff gets for additional duties and amount of service.