The Royal College of Nursing is to consider its next steps after a majority of nurses expressed their support for industrial action.
In an indicative ballot, 70% said they would consider industrial action following the rejection of a 4% pay increase for 2024/25.
Nurses rejected the latest 4% offer from Manx Care which would see staff currently employed receive this uplift for the current year, with back pay to April 1 2024.
Members previously walked out in 2023, marking the first time nurses had ever walked out on the Isle of Man.
Simon Browes, North West Regional Director for the RCN said: “Our members do not feel like they are being heard and believe that taking action is necessary to bring about a resolution.
“The RCN has been clear since the start of this process, that industrial action is always a last resort, but we are also clear that the skill, professionalism, and safety critical work of nursing staff has historically been undervalued, and that patients are being put at risk due to the staffing crisis on the Isle of Man.”
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