Nurses and midwives ‘more than likely’ to ballot for strike

Siptu nurses and midwives are “more than likely” to ballot for strike action over recruitment and retention of staff.

The threat comes just a day after the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) gave health service managers given 24 hours to improve proposals on staff recruitment and retention — or face the likelihood of being served notice of industrial action as early as today.

Following a meeting of its National Nursing and Midwifery Committee yesterday, Siptu has now said that its 4,000 nursing members are now “more than likely” to ballot for strike action in an attempt to force a solution to this dispute.