NCHD strike ballot in August over EWTD

By Lloyd Mudiwa. NCHDs have heard all the talk regarding the HSE’s commitment to implement the EWTD and now they want to see action, the IMO sounded after its NCHD Committee last week decided to ballot members on August 8 for industrial action, IMT reports. The Committee met to decide the course of action on the back of a just-ended NCHD IR countrywide roadshow, with the Organisation previously warning, after earlier meetings, that “there appears to be an appetite for industrial action”. Eric Young, IMO Assistant Director, Industrial Relations, said the ballot would be held approximately a month after the…