GLOATING junior doctors taunted Rishi Sunak that they are putting their new bumper pay deal straight into strike funds.
The PM announced this week that he is beefing up junior doctor wages by 6 per cent and £1,250 – adding thousands to pay cheques.
AlamyWithin minutes of Rishi Sunak’s new pay announcement, the BMA union sent an email asking members to donate to their strike coffers[/caption]
APRishi Sunak announced this week that he was beefing up junior doctor wages by six per cent[/caption]
While teachers called off their strikes hailing the generous offers, militant doctors are digging in to continue their industrial war.
Within minutes of the pay announcement, the BMA union – which represents doctors – sent an email asking medics to donate the rise to their strike coffers.
The BMA said the pay hike will “cover the cost of the entire strikes to date”.
Campaign group Doctors Vote tweeted: “We’d like to thank Rishi Sunak for his generous donation to our personal strike funds.
“We also invite him to sit down and negotiate with doctors the manner in which he will deliver Full Pay Restoration.”
Meanwhile, the BMA union is also offering free membership to bolster its ranks ahead of what looks like a long year of strikes.
Earlier this week, Mike Henley, on the BMA council, boasted about the cut price union deal.
He posted: “Join the BMA (currently free), join the action, join the fight for fairness”
A Conservative source said: “This once again seems like the leadership of the BMA are more interested in playing politics than in
delivering for patients – trying to pack in new members at bargain basement price.
“This week the government announced a pay rise of over £7,000 a year for some consultants on top of previous generous changes to their pensions – this is fair and reasonable and means they should now call of their strikes.”
The average hike for junior doctors amounts to a massive 8.8 per cent including the cash rise.
It takes the basic pay of a first year junior doctor to between £29,300 and £32,300 a year.
Consultants – who are on strike this week – will see their basic pay hit £93,600.
The PM said the pay offer is his best and final offer – and the cash must come out of existing budgets.
But the BMA say doctors have had their wages eroded for many years are overworked and underpaid.
A Tweet by Doctors Vote read ‘We’d like to thank @RishiSunak for his ‘generous’ donation to our personal strike funds’ Read More