AMBULANCE drivers were set to take industrial action after rejecting a 6.5 per cent pay offer.
The majority were members of the National Union of Public Employees, which had already announced a three-to-two "no" vote on the offer, which would have increased earnings from £10,093 a year to £10,749.
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