AMBULANCE workers are set to hold a one day strike in a dispute between Unite the Union and the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
However Driffield Town Councillor Steve Poessl has criticised the 24-hour strike to take place on Tuesday 2 April resulting from the issue of patient safety and the trust’s derecognition of Unite the Union.
Coun Poessl said: “I can understand why they are upset because of wages being cut back but I think it is a retrograde step from them.”
Stephen Moir, Deputy Chief Executive at Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said: “We would like to provide assurance that the Trust has plans in place to avoid any disruption to patient care if Unite the Union members decide to go ahead with the industrial action they have outlined.”
Unite regional officer Terry Cunliffe said: “Unite calls for the management to open constructive negotiations.”