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UK NI health workers vote to strike

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Hundreds of health workers in Northern Ireland have voted to strike in a dispute over pay and staffing levels. GMB members — including nurses, ambulance workers, hospital porters, cleaners and caterers, clerical staff, technicians, care workers, social workers and transport workers — voted for industrial action, with 86 per cent backing the move in a ballot.


The union said it would meet with members to discuss next steps, with strike action possible before Christmas.


The development comes in a week when the Royal College of Nursing will announce whether its members have voted in favour of the first UK-wide strike by nurses.


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