SUPPORT workers at Warrington Hospital are talking with health chiefs in a bid to get their overtime pay increased.
More than 800 workers, including auxillary staff and domestics, used to get double time or time-and-a-half for working weekends, nights and bank holidays.
But this was phased out in the 1990s when Rosemary Knights was chief executive.
When Mike Deegan took over the post in 1998, talks began about reintroducing this extra money, and over three years the overtime pay has increased to an extra 53p per hour.
But they fear that this year there will be no new rise.
Ward assistants at Halton Hospital are also battling for more overtime cash.
Mike Swift, director of human resources at North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "Since the merger the trust has made progress towards harmonising terms and conditions for some staff groups.
"The support workers at Warrington Hospital and the ward assistants at Halton Hospital have different pay arrangements for working outside core hours and we would ultimately wish to bring these into line.
"Further discussions have been scheduled with Unison officials to discuss this matter."
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