LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - Britain's Unite trade union
said on Sunday it had suspended ambulance worker strikes planned
for March 6 and 8 in order to enter into pay talks with the
government.
The move by Unite follows the announcement on Friday by two
other trade unions, GMB and Unison, that they had also paused
national ambulance strikes in order to hold talks in a
months-long dispute over pay.
"Following further assurances from the government over the
weekend Unite has in good faith agreed to pause the strike
action," Unite head of operations Gail Cartmail said.
"If the meeting doesn't meet these assurances strike action
will resume," Cartmail added in a statement.
Unite said the assurances related to confirmation that any
deal would include new money, rather than putting pressure on
existing budgets.
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Alexander Smith)
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