The March of the Nurses: Overwhelming support of RCN members for Strike Action

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Nurses vote for Ballot on Strike Action

The Royal College of Nursing is globally the biggest voluntary body of Nurses and is 'the Union' for Nurses within the United Kingdom. Historically, the RCN have been very resistance against strike action, with smaller unions such as Unison and Unite being the ones actively advocating strike action. After a decade of cuts and a real terms cut of pay of 20% over a decade, the struggles of Nurses are finally come to a point where the RCN polled its members. 4 out of 5 Nurses voted in support of Strike Action.

A friend of mine at RCN congress today:

They just announced this at Congress earlier on today, it was honestly so passionate and brilliant! This one guy had the whole room in tears! It was great

With Jeremy 'unt alienating Junior Doctors and now the Nursing profession, perhaps there will finally be a wake up call to the problems the Conservative government have caused within the NHS.