Trade unions to discuss coordinated ‘day of action’ strike across public sector

The aim of the walkout in England and Wales would be to put pressure on the government and health secretary to give workers a better pay deal

Trade unions are meeting today to discuss holding a coordinated “day of action” across the public sector in an attempt to maximise pressure on the government to give workers a better pay deal.

Unions representing staff in the NHS, railways, education and civil service will meet at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to examine the possibility of escalating the current wave of strikes by all of them staging a walkout on the same day.