Midwives back on strike over 1% pay claim
ANGRY midwives have walked out of Clacton Hospital for the second time in a dispute over pay.
NHS workers want a one per cent pay rise for all employees, but the Government said it would cost too much during the time of austerity.
Royal College of Midwives union members formed a picket line outside Clacton Hospital, in Tower Road, at 7am on Monday for the four-hour strike.
They joined thousands of union members from across the country for a second day of industrial action, following a strike on October 13.
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