The TUC said a survey of 1,758 adults showed “large-scale support” for nurses, ambulance staff and other health service workers who are taking industrial action over pay and staffing.
Royal College of Nursing union head Pat Cullen, centre, joins striking nurses at a picket line outside University College Hospital in London on Thursday Nurses have vowed to continue striking until they receive an improved pay offer as a poll showed even patients with health conditions overwhelminglyThe TUC said a survey of 1,758 adults showed “large-scale support” for nurses, ambulance staff and other health service workers who are taking industrial action over pay and staffing.
The polling, conducted by YouGov just before Christmas, found that more than three in five of those diagnosed with a health condition supported workers taking strike action in the NHS. The TUC said the findings showed that people recognise that key workers who got Britain through the pandemic are “owed a decent pay rise”.