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• Nurses’ leader blasts Steve Barclay over ‘disgraceful’ use of legal action to stop strike

  22-04-2023 21:51
  
  Pat Cullen attacks health secretary’s attempt to prevent 48-hour action in England as ‘frightening for democracy’The leader of the Royal College of Nursing has said a legal attempt by the health secretary to block next weekend’s strike in England is “frightening for democracy and very frightening for trade unionism”.Pat Cullen, general secretary of the RCN, said it was “disgraceful” that Steve Barclay was attempting to thwart the strike via the cou
  
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• RCN head accuses Barclay of issuing ‘blatant threat’ with legal action over strikes

  22-04-2023 11:07
  
  Pat Cullen said health secretary’s attempt to block 48-hour nurses’ strike was ‘cruel’ and ‘unacceptable’ The health secretary’s legal challenge against the Royal College of Nursing’s forthcoming strike is a “blatant threat”, the union’s leader has said.Steve Barclay’s decision to refer to the courts, revealed on Friday, is the latest twist in the long-running saga over pay between nurses and the government. Continue reading
  
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• RCN chief: legal action over nurses’ strikes is ‘blatant threat’

  22-04-2023 11:07
  
  Pat Cullen said health secretary’s attempt to block 48-hour nurses’ strike was ‘cruel’ and ‘unacceptable’ The health secretary’s legal challenge against the Royal College of Nursing’s forthcoming strike is a “blatant threat”, the union’s leader has said.Steve Barclay’s decision to refer to the courts, revealed on Friday, is the latest twist in the long-running saga over pay between nurses and the government. Continue reading
  
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