let's go to thomas morgan in wales. it _ deadlocked. let's go to thomas morgan in wales.let's go to thomas| morgan in wales. it is only unite members of the ambulance working profession but are on strike today? that's right. there was due to be the royal college of nurses, royal couege the royal college of nurses, royal college of midwives, they were due to strike tomorrow. physiotherapists and ambulance workers from the gmb union. those four unions postponed their strike action after the welsh government, the welsh health minister, tabled a new and improved offer last thursday. that offer is a 3% rise. at half that, 1.5%, will be a one—off payment, half will go to salaries across the future. now, unite was the only union that decided to carry on with their strike and they held further talks over the weekend. their leader was here this morning and she was saying, well, we are very close now, the welsh government does need to go much further to get there. but when they put this offer to the raps over they put this offer to the raps over the weekend, it was unanimously reje

right now, let's go to wales, our correspondent thomas morgan is in cardiff, you are on a picket lineisn't it? —— tomos. that is absolutely right, on thursday, unions were in talks with ellen and morgan, who offered a new offer for health workers, and half offer for health workers, and half of that is a one—off pay deal, 1.5%, and 1.5% would be added onto salaries. now, the five unions that were due to strike today, four have decided to postpone their strikes, the royal college of nursing, midwives, physiotherapists and the gmb union. but as you can see behind me, members of the united union, who represent ambulance workers, have carried on with the strike, because they put that offer to a number of representatives who rejected the offer. they have still been talking to the welsh government over the weekend, the general secretary of united was in talks with eluned morgan, and she says they are very close to a new deal and the hope is that these deals might be put into place in wales and scotland and could push things over in england as well. you have walked in the ambulance service fo

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