UK curbs nurses' strike after taking legal action against union
London: The British government on Thursday succeeded in limiting the length of an upcoming strike by nurses after the health department took legal action against a trade union over the dispute.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) had called a 48-hour strike from the evening of April 30, which for the first time would involve staff from emergency departments, intensive care units, cancer care and other services that were previously exempt.
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However, Britain’s health department said that industrial action on May 2 would be unlawful because a vote to strike is only valid for six months after a ballot of trade union members.
Lawyers representing health minister Steve Barclay told London’s High Court on Thursday that, as the RCN ballot closed on Nov. 2 last year, a strike on May 2 would be “clearly unlawful action”.
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