Won’t back down: Sharon Graham
AN NHS board accused of underpaying health visitors more than £9,000 per year has made a “pathetically low” one-off payment offer, Unite has said.
Union members voted 99 per cent to reject Cym Taf Morgannwg University Health Board’s offer of just over £5,000 that would still be subject to tax and other deductions.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This is an utterly ludicrous offer from a health board that has lost all credibility.
“Its own internal job evaluation said its health visitors should be on a higher pay band, the Welsh government has called on it to honour that and yet it chooses to just insult our members with a pathetically low, one-off lump sum.
“All the health board has done is further incense these incredibly brave and courageous women who will not back down until they are paid what they are owed.”
The health board was contacted for comment.
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