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Strike ‘tipping point’ for NHS ambulance workers pushing for the Agenda for Change
A four-day strike by NHS patient transport workers represents a sticking point over their growing anger at not being on the same pay system as their colleagues, BERNY TORRE reports

NHS ambulance workers are going on strike for four days after reaching a “tipping point” over their trust leadership’s double standards over their pay awards, a GMB rep has said.
Adrian Gavrilita, 32, said the walkouts starting today are over a failure to hand over some £1,300 in back pay at the London Living Wage.
But they also represent a sticking point amid growing frustration over not belonging to the same Agenda For Change (AFC) pay system that covers all NHS staff except doctors, dentists and very senior managers.
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