RESIDENT doctors have had to cancel their conference because their union’s staff are going on strike.
Medics have been told it cannot go ahead without the help of workers.
Resident doctors have had to cancel their conference because their union’s staff are going on strikeCredit: PA
Resident docs, who have just concluded their own over pay, accused of giving “fuel to our opponents in negotiation” and called the union embarrassing.
Conference co-chairs Erin Gourley and Francesco Palazzo said they had made the “difficult decision” to postpone the annual jamboree in central scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
In a letter to members, they said: “We also want to be clear: we stand in full solidarity with our staff.
“They have been instrumental in supporting resident doctors.”
They turned their fire on their own union for offering its staff a “below inflation” pay rise of 2.75 per cent.
The letter said: “It is not lost on us that this mirrors the very dispute resident doctors continue to have with government.”
Rachel Podolak, BMA chief executive officer, said they were open to negotiations with representing staff.
She added: “We have already increased our original offer to staff from 2 per cent to an uplift of 2.75 per cent, plus an additional £1,000 consolidated offer for colleagues in the lower paid grades.
“We are confident that the overall package of pay and benefits for staff at the BMA is highly competitive.”
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