01/02/2019

Psychiatric Nurses Hold Second Day Of Industrial Action

Psychiatric nurses are holding a second day of industrial action as part of their dispute with the HSE over pay and staffing.

6,000 members of the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PSA) are staging an overtime ban from this morning, Friday 01 February.

Nurses will refuse to do additional overtime hours at a significant number of facilities nationwide, and will join those taking part in three days of strike action from 12 February.

The union has warned that, if there is no agreement over pay and conditions soon, its members will work no extra hours on the 05, 06 or 07 February also.



(JG/CM)

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