

Industrial Action threat by Nurses is unnecessary and in breach of the Public Service Agreement
The current threat of industrial action by the largest nurses’ union represent a determined threat to public sector pay policy by a significant public sector union. Nobody doubts the importance of the work undertaken by our nurses across the health service but in advancing their claim, they do so knowing that they are placing themselves outside of the terms of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 (PSSA) on pay. They are seeking to exploit public sympathy whilst be