Nurses Left With No Other Option But To Strike – INMO Midwest Representative

The INMO’s Midwest Representative insists that union members have been left with no other option but to take part in strike action.

The union’s executive is meeting today to decide when it’ll stage a series of 24 hour strikes and if it goes ahead, it would see nurses providing only lifesaving and emergency care.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said a pay rise for nurses would be “unaffordable and unsustainable”, but the INMO says it remains open to further negotiation on the matter.

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INMO’s Midwest Representative Mary Fogarty says the dispute is not just about pay: