BMA branded 'hypocritical' as staff launch formal pay dispute
Staff at the British Medical Association (BMA), have entered into a formal dispute with their employer in a row over pay.
GMB Union, which represents over 75 per cent of staff working at the BMA, launched the dispute in response to a proposed pay offer of just 2 per cent.
At the same time, the BMA has heavily criticised the Government over a pay offer to doctors of 2.5 per cent, which they branded ‘insulting’.
Since 2012, BMA staff have suffered pay erosion of nearly 17 per cent as a result of years of sub inflationary pay awards.
Despite assurances from BMA management that they wanted to address pay erosion for staff - just as they are seeking for doctors - they have continued to allow staff pay to fall below inflation.
A survey of GMB members working at BMA found over 91 per cent would be in favour of taking industrial action due to the 2 per cent proposal.
A GMB rep working for the BMA said:
“It is nothing short of hypocritical for the BMA leadership to make their staff a pay offer that they would encourage their own members to reject.
“BMA staff have worked tirelessly to support doctors both during COVID and through multiple rounds of industrial action.
“We stand in solidarity with resident doctors in England and Scotland, many of whom we have got to know on the picket lines and who are speaking out against real terms pay cuts on this campaign for several years now.
“We just wish the BMA’s Chief Executive, Board, and Council would see the disparity in treatment and make a fair offer that recognises our members’ worth.”
