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Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
|September 30, 2016
Summary
Nurses
Area of Science:
- Healthcare
- Labor Relations
Background:
- Ongoing nurses' pay dispute impacting healthcare services.
- Unison members' involvement in negotiations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To report on the resolution of the nurses' pay dispute.
- To outline the implications of the framework agreement.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of Unison members' voting outcomes.
- Review of the framework agreement details.
Main Results:
- Unison members voted in favor of a framework agreement.
- The agreement permits trusts to negotiate local deals.
Conclusions:
- The nurses' pay dispute is nearing resolution.
- Local negotiations will commence this year under the new agreement.
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