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[Thousands of vulnerable cancer patients
are being forced into a "financial lockdown"
because of the cost-of-living crisis.]

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This was 2004





John on the Left, just
passed away.

2004 New Labour in Power

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Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th of Feb.

Nurses to Strike

Ch4HDnews are live in Portadown
Northern Ireland

All the Beds are full
Many are in Ambulances

Of Course, there is no Northern Ireland Government.

It's the worst Healthcare in the UK.

google translate: unions call strike on behalf of nurses for political reasons

Nurses will Freeze
standing outside Hospitals
today

England and Wales Nurses on Strike.

Country is literally collapsing

England Nurses Strikes 18th , 19th Jan / 6 & 7th Feb
 

Maybe soon if schools / colleges/ Unis have to close again !


We haven’t recovered from the last lot of home learning.. schools / pupil behaviour have declined dramatically after the Covid years .


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welcome to the 80's everyone :laugh:

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Yes, they are to Strike

Unions can't take strike action without a majority vote from its membership so that's a moot point. Any union member that doesn't want to strike is free to break the line, it's not enforced.

And please LT describe to us all an example of strike action that is not "for political reasons" :think:.

I fully support them.

Steve Barclay was useless in previous positions in the past how he's put in charge of Health at this time is unbelievably shocking judgement on Sunak's part.

Then again Sunak is only paying lip service to the NHS and nurses.
Plus too the Chancellor Hunt, who created chaos with his shocking handling of the junior Doctors dispute years back too when he was Health secretary.

I and I would think most people will be blaming the government for the divisiveness and stand offs in this legitimate dispute.
The government blaming everyone else rather than themselves after being the Party leading power of government for heading on to 13 years almost now.

I hope this is never forgotten for the cold hearted treatment to Nurses and other NHS staff by Sunak and his predecessors.since 2010.

the problem at the moment is that neither side is prepared to compromise. They make noises, sure, but there is no mood for constructive dialog. It's the same situation in all the other strikes too. The only thing that can change that is time, so people need to be prepared for a long haul

I don't see the unions refusing any offer that doesn't meet their full demands, that's not what's happening at all. What I do see is the government flat out refusing to enter meaningful negotiation AT ALL for the mostpart, and when they do, offering borderline offensive platitudes that come nowhere near the mark, like "how about a discount at the shops?"

Thing is they could probably offer MEANINGFUL non-salary compensation if they chose to in the current economic climate. Cut-price energy deals. Fuel discounts. Things that would actually have a meaningful impact on the monthly budget of NHS workers. Get imaginative.

They offer things like 5% off at Boots.

Yes Joey
Steve Barclay MP
was not on the TV AM news this morning


What is he scared?


He should have been on every news
telling us why they are stuck at a low level pay
reward

i think you re missing the point, until the most belligerent side are willing to talk, there is no constructive dialog, and the only thing that can change that is time. For example, if the strikes last the remainder of this year, we start to get close to election season and the tories will all get jumpy again at impending disaster. You will be amazed at how much cash is suddenly found at that point

The Tories have shown clear intent to make strike action legally impossible for medical services though with the "minimum safe staffing" rules. Every department is already under-staffed to the point of being unsafe, that's part of the reason for the strikes, so "minimum safe staffing" is meaningless. How many staff can these departments afford to lose during strike action and remain safe? None! They're not safe at the best of times, they're staffed by not-enough, too-tired staff and agency mercenaries who have no idea what they're doing.

Tories are simply trying to run down the clock until they can successfully remove the threat of legal strike action.

Frankly I hope if the tories succeed in this, there are simply mass staff walk-outs instead and people start dying in large numbers. I hope they all just quit. Every single member of the UK public who has put a tick next to a Tory name on a ballot has taken the health service for granted, and might actually realise that when it's gone. Though I doubt it... they'll still find a way to blame "greedy staff" and continue voting themselves into oblivion.