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17-Sep-07 11:10 [Pay and Reward]
RCN accepts government pay offer The ruling council of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has voted to accept the government's pay offer, ending speculation that it may join other public sector unions in taking industrial action over the issue in the coming months.
It follows the acceptance of the staged 2.5 per cent offer by nurses represented by the Unite and GMB unions last week.
An RCN statement said it had voted "reluctantly" in favour of the deal, which was revised from the government's original offer by the addition of an extra £400 for lower-paid workers.
The RCN said "The revised offer is imperfect but it is improved," the Press Association reports.
Health secretary Alan Johnson welcomed the news, saying: "I am pleased that the RCN, on behalf of their members, have accepted the improved pay offer."
At its conference this month, delegates at the Trades Union Congress sought to get unions represented employees across different parts of the public sector to agree to take industrial action against the government's public sector pay policies.
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