The Unite union has called off planned ambulance strikes in England in order to enter pay talks with the UK government.
Union members at ambulance trusts in the West Midlands, northwest, south central, south coastal, and East Midlands had planned to strike on Monday. But the Unite union paused the strike action on Sunday afternoon.
Unite Head of Operations Gail Cartmail said: “Following further assurances from the government over the weekend, Unite has in good faith agreed to pause the strike action.”
But she said the strikes will resume if the government fails to meet the assurances.
It comes after Unison and GMB unions cancelled industrial action which would have involved tens of thousands of workers in the National Health Service (NHS)….