Resident doctors in England are scheduled to stage a four-day strike from Monday 15 to Friday 19 June. The walkout will be the 16th action in a long-running dispute over pay. The announcement followed a meeting between the British Medical Association and new health secretary James Murray on Wednesday. BMA members last took strike action in April during a six-day walkout. Over the past four years, resident doctors have received pay rises worth 33%, including a 3.5% increase this year. Starting salaries are now just over 40,000, while the most senior doctors receive 76,500 in basic pay. Additional earnings are available for unsocial hours and extra hours, but the BMA says pay remains a fifth lower than in 2008 after inflation.
"The four-day walkout from Monday 15 to Friday 19 June will be the 16th of the long-running dispute over pay. The announcement came after a meeting between the British Medical Association and new health secretary James Murray on Wednesday. BMA members last took part in strike action in April when they staged a six-day walkout."
"Resident doctors have received pay rises worth 33% over the past four years, including a 3.5% increase this year. It means starting salaries are now just over 40,000, with the most senior doctors getting 76,500 in basic pay. Resident doctors can earn thousands more each year for things like working at unsocial times and doing additional hours."
"But the BMA argues they are still being paid a fifth less than they were in 2008 once inflation is taken into account."
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