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UP TO 25,000 nurses are training to become activists so they can force Boris Johnson to improve on his “pitiful” 1 per cent NHS pay rise offer.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) hopes the move will help it achieve a turnout of 50 per cent in the strike ballot it has pledged to call if the Prime Minister continues to resist calls for a real-terms increase in England.
As part of its “don’t get angry, get organised” campaign, the union has enlisted the help of Jane McAlevey, a senior policy fellow at the University of California, who has been training nurses in the United States to unionise and win better pay and conditions for 25 years.
Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER
Government urged ‘to tackle the root causes’ of the NHS crisis and improve ‘social care services’