Cost of Living: Health workers across NI including at Craigavon, Antrim, Lisburn, Newry and Belfast are on strike over pay

By Carmel Robinson
Published 12th Dec 2022, 10:55 BST
Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now
Tens of thousands of health workers across NI are on a 24 hour strike today over pay.

Clinical, professional and administrative staff are involved in the strike which is the first time they have been involved in strike action since before the Pandemic in 2019.

Tens of thousands of members of NIPSA, UNISON and GMB are on strike. All three unions said that they are getting a very strong response to the strike call.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Measures have been put in place to ensure patients have not been put at risk.

Health workers at the demonstration beside the picket line outside Craigavon Area Hospital, Co Armagh on Monday. Photo courtesy of Paul CranstonHealth workers at the demonstration beside the picket line outside Craigavon Area Hospital, Co Armagh on Monday. Photo courtesy of Paul Cranston
Health workers at the demonstration beside the picket line outside Craigavon Area Hospital, Co Armagh on Monday. Photo courtesy of Paul Cranston

-

Read More
Armagh woman shares video of wild deer running along a road following crashes wi...

-

Workers in the health service were told they will get a 2022-23 pay deal of £1,400. This says Unison is ‘not enough’. That proposal, which was announced by the Department of Health last Thursday, came after a recommendation by an independent review body. This followed legislation at Westminster giving civil servants power enact the proposal in the absence of a health minister.

Smiling despite the bitterly cold weather. Health workers at the demonstration beside the picket line outside Craigavon Area Hospital, Co Armagh on Monday. Photo courtesy of Paul CranstonSmiling despite the bitterly cold weather. Health workers at the demonstration beside the picket line outside Craigavon Area Hospital, Co Armagh on Monday. Photo courtesy of Paul Cranston
Smiling despite the bitterly cold weather. Health workers at the demonstration beside the picket line outside Craigavon Area Hospital, Co Armagh on Monday. Photo courtesy of Paul Cranston