Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
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The first strike by NHS staff over pay in more than 30 years - and the first by members of the Royal College of Midwives in its history - will hopefully force ministers to rethink their decision to freeze pay rates for 1.3 million health service staff. Those taking part in Monday's four-hour stoppage and this week's 'work-to-rule' deserve great credit for making a sacrifice so that everyone in the NHS may benefit.
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'Union leaders talk tough on pay' is a headline that could have been written thousands of times over the past 100 years, but rarely have nurses' representatives been so furious as they are now. Two weeks on from the decision to withhold a 1 per cent pay award from most NHS nursing staff in England and Wales, and tempers are continuing to flare.