Nurses in UK Prepare For First Strike in 106 Years Over Pay

In their biggest-ever strike action, thousands of nurses in the United Kingdom are set to stage strikes on December 15 and 20, joining other workers in the country who are taking industrial action over pay.

Nursing staff across the UK — including in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland but barring Scotland — will go on strike after the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union announced that the government had refused to meet demands for salary hikes of 5 percent above inflation.