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15/02/2019
Hundreds Of Ambulance Staff Strike In Union Row
Hundreds of ambulance personnel belonging to the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) are taking strike action today amid a dispute over union representation.
Around 500 workers are understood to be on picket lines from 7am-5pm, ahead of a further two days on Thursday 28 February and Friday 01 march.
Paramedics, advanced paramedics and emergency medical technicians are engaging in the industrial action in a bid to get the HSE to recognise their union of choice.
Health officials previously stated that they already recognise a number of unions, including SIPTU, for ambulance workers and claim that recognising further organisations will not be good for industrial relations.
(JG)
Around 500 workers are understood to be on picket lines from 7am-5pm, ahead of a further two days on Thursday 28 February and Friday 01 march.
Paramedics, advanced paramedics and emergency medical technicians are engaging in the industrial action in a bid to get the HSE to recognise their union of choice.
Health officials previously stated that they already recognise a number of unions, including SIPTU, for ambulance workers and claim that recognising further organisations will not be good for industrial relations.
(JG)
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