BMA accused of hypocrisy for slashing pay of staff while demanding 35% raise for members
BMA accused of hypocrisy for slashing staff wages and demanding a 35% pay rise for members
- The medical union wants taxpayers to fund higher salaries for striking doctors
The British Medical Association has been accused of hypocrisy for cutting the wages of its own staff and demanding a 35 per cent pay rise for its members.
The medical union wants taxpayers to fund higher salaries for striking doctors.
But it has slashed its own workers’ wages by about a fifth in real terms since 2011 and has said it needs to consider its “financial constraints” before agreeing to an increase.
Doctors are campaigning for their wages to be reduced to 2008 levels, saying it is unfair to expect them to do the same job for less.
But the BMA employees who support their activities claim they are also undervalued.
Doctors campaign to bring wages back to 2008 levels, saying it’s unfair to expect them to do the same work for less
The BMA staff is represented by the GMB union, which aims to ‘restore wages’ to 2011 levels when the current pay system was introduced.
It says those with lower salaries have seen their income fall by 18.4 percent and those with higher salaries by 15 percent.
Sources suggest that the BMA and GMB will strike a deal next week. Conservative MP Paul Bristow said: ‘They are demanding taxpayers pay for 35 per cent increases but are cutting wages for their staff. This strike is about politics.’