BMA to ballot junior doctors in England over 72-hour pay strike
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from World news | The Guardian on (#67HQ9)
Potential March stoppage could lead to further major disruption to hospitals and other services
Junior doctors in England will go on strike for 72 hours in March in protest about pay if their forthcoming ballot produces a majority for industrial action.
Their union, the British Medical Association (BMA), issued the warning as it claimed that junior doctors had suffered a staggering and unjustifiable" 26.1% cut in their income since 2008.
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