# London Ambulance Service workers to vote on strike action – union
Author: Pal sinha, Barnali
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Published: 2022-10-11
Category: Headlines
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Meta Title: London Ambulance Service to Ballot Members on Strike Action Over Pay Dispute
Meta Description: GMB union announces members will vote on potential strike action due to government's imposed 4% pay award, following similar actions in other healthcare sectors.
URL: https://startupobserver.com/london-ambulance-service-workers-to-vote-on-strike-action-union/

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LONDON (Reuters) -London’s Ambulance [Service](https://startupobserver.com/servicemax-introduces-core-22-r4-a-connected-system-of-action-automation-and-collaboration-for-field-service-professionals/) will ballot its members on whether to carrying out strike action over a pay dispute, the GMB union said on Monday.

“GMB members in the [ambulance](https://startupobserver.com/uk-nurses-begin-biggest-strike-ballot-in-more-than-100-years/) service have been forced to take a stand in order to protect patient care,” GMB organiser Lola McEvoy said in a statement.

“They do not take industrial action lightly and it’s always a last resort – but things can’t go on like this; something has to give.”

The union said it had more than 1,500 paramedics and ambulance workers at the [London](https://startupobserver.com/london-listed-spac-moves-closer-to-launch-of-lloyds-insurance-vehicle/) Ambulance Service and said its members were “angry over the government’s imposed 4% pay award”.

The London Ambulance Service joins the union’s members from Yorkshire, North East, West and East Midlands, North West and East of England [Ambulance](https://startupobserver.com/uk-nurses-begin-biggest-strike-ballot-in-more-than-100-years/) Services who are all planning to vote on whether to take industrial action.

The latest announcement follows similar proposed votes across Britain’s healthcare system as both junior doctors from the British Medical Association (BMA) and more than 300,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) are set to begin voting on strike action.

(Reporting by Farouq Suleiman; Editing by Alistair Smout)


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