Health unions vote for industrial action over continuing staff shortages

Thu, 16 Jan, 2025 - 15:05

David Kent

Members of both of the major health workers' unions are to ask their executives to endorse a plan for industrial action over the coming weeks.

More than 72,000 healthcare workers are involved, between the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) and the Fórsa Health and Welfare Division.

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