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UNITE members at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health are due to strike over an “appalling pay offer,” the union announced yesterday.
Despite a massive 96 per cent vote in favour of walkouts on a 90 per cent turnout, bosses still offered workers a significantly below-inflation 4 per cent wage boost, which was overwhelmingly rejected, Unite said.
The London-based royal college, which is the membership body for paediatricians in Britain and around the world, is now set to face two three-day strikes from May 15 and 23. The latter walkout coincides with the organisation’s annual conference in Glasgow.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Bosses have made their staff an appalling pay offer when prices are going through the roof.
“It’s hypocrisy to impose huge real-terms pay cuts on workers when the college itself warns about the impact of low pay on public health.
“It can afford to pay more – Unite’s support for these workers will last as long as it takes.”
The college was contacted for comment.
