O/T:- The NHS strike - for or against?

[Elite_Pie]

You can probably guess my thoughts, but what are yours?

[upthemaggies]

You can probably guess my thoughts, but what are yours?

There's plenty of people on lower pay or lower incomes than NHS workers, rail staff, teachers etc. If these strikes end up forcing inflation up even further, the vulnerable will suffer more. Everybody wants or needs more money, the people who are shouting the loudest in their demands will no doubt mostly be the same people who were cheering on the lockdowns and furlough etc. that are largely responsible for the mess.

[Davy500]

What are your thoughts ??

Well the NHS Staff should be paid more , they carry out an essential service, relied on by millions in this country

[Davy500]

There's plenty of people on lower pay or lower incomes than NHS workers, rail staff, teachers etc. If these strikes end up forcing inflation up even further, the vulnerable will suffer more. Everybody wants or needs more money, the people who are shouting the loudest in their demands will no doubt mostly be the same people who were cheering on the lockdowns and furlough etc. that are largely responsible for the mess.

As for teachers , they are mostly useless, what do they really teach kids in schools and universities is by and large a load of nonsense, just another money maker

[Davy500]

Not to mention they get half the year off

[Elite_Pie]

There's plenty of people on lower pay or lower incomes than NHS workers, rail staff, teachers etc. If these strikes end up forcing inflation up even further, the vulnerable will suffer more. Everybody wants or needs more money, the people who are shouting the loudest in their demands will no doubt mostly be the same people who were cheering on the lockdowns and furlough etc. that are largely responsible for the mess.

Just the response I expected, but not from you UTM! My daughter was on the picket line as a nurse on Tuesday (she even made the BBC local news!), but their strike and and protest was about safe staffing rather than pay. This goes way deeper than just money, and I will be happy to provide real life examples of the strain they are under.

[Glad2BeAPie]

Having had the use of the NHS since I was 6 weeks old, and will till I depart this earth. I support the strike wholeheartedly. I wouldn't be here without them.

[magpie_mania]

Not to mention they get half the year off

And how many teachers do you know?

Your comments regarding holidays etc are way off the mark.

Not heard from you for a while - maybe it's just a coincidence that we have only lost one league game this season?

[the_anticlough]

200 Million of your taxpayer money to MedPro for useless PPE and most of it into 2 personal bank accounts of people who denied involvement at all. And now we have to pay through the nose just to store the useless crap.

Be angry about that the 'leaders' who allowed it to happen.

Good luck to the NHS staff in trying to get some fair treatment for once.

[Elite_Pie]

There's plenty of people on lower pay or lower incomes than NHS workers, rail staff, teachers etc.

That's true, but this topic is specifically about the NHS. Please keep it to that, and forget the"etc", or start a separate topic. None of their cases should be casually attached to the NHS case.

If these strikes end up forcing inflation up even further, the vulnerable will suffer more.

And if the chronic mismanagement of the NHS isn't addressed, the vulnerable will suffer even more, with or without strike action.

Everybody wants or needs more money, the people who are shouting the loudest in their demands will no doubt mostly be the same people who were cheering on the lockdowns and furlough etc. that are largely responsible for the mess.

If you honestly believe that's where the responsibility lies for this mess, you have gone down in my estimation big time.