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British nurses’ pay lags behind other European countries

Taking into account what wages can buy, nurses in the UK earned less than the average of the 20 EU members that are part of the OECD.

By Aisha Majid

Nurses in England affiliated to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union are striking again today and tomorrow, 18-19 January. This round of strike action by the RCN follows two days in December when tens of thousands of nurses around the UK walked out. It was the first-ever national strike in the RCN’s more than 100-year history.

The reason for the dispute is pay.

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