Healthcare assistants were due to walk out for a fifth time with two further days of action next week as part of their campaign to get the correct wage rates and fair back pay
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The letter is requesting urgent talks to resolve the ongoing dispute relating to fair banding and back pay for Health Care Assistants.
UNISON has repeatedly asked the trusts to negotiate a resolution to the dispute but the employers have so far refused to do so
UNISON’s legal case makes clear employers must not discipline staff for striking
It is the second period of strikes following a 24-hour walkout last month which saw hundreds of staff leave their posts across seven sites operated by the two employers.
Strike action is a last resort and can still be avoided if the Trust do the right thing and give a firm commitment to back-pay eligible staff up to 1 July 2019 as a minimum.
Around 1,000 healthcare assistants at North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will take strike action next month in a dispute over pay
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Hundreds of healthcare assistants at North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have voted for strike action in a row over pay
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