What’s Your Thoughts On The Nurses Voting For Strike Action?

[Bobbisox1]

https://news.sky.com/story/nurses-set-to-strike-in-first-ever-national-action-as-patients-braced-for-disruption-12739713

Mine are,No they should not be striking , they enter the profession as a vocation knowing the wage scale, they do a marvellous job but I’m against all strikes as they don’t achieve anything, talking and negotiating is the only way forward and our country is in a financial mess anyway so handily out large pay increases will only make it worse

[Meaghan27]

My thoughts are that if they can't manage their life on £33k a year salary then they need classes in budgeting. Last night on TV two nurses, married, with one child moaning they can't manage? Combined income of around £66,000? come on.

[lankeela]

I am against all strikes full stop. You know the pay and conditions, if you don't like it get another job. If we cannot rely on nurses, police, firemen etc to be there when we need them because they want more then they are in the wrong job. They get a lot more than I do as a carer.

[Ken4155]

"....they enter the profession as a vocation knowing the wage scale....."

From your link; "Recent analysis has shown an experienced nurse's salary has fallen by 20% on real terms since 2010."

"...talking and negotiation is the only way forward..."

But when 'talking and negotiation' is leading nowhere, strike action, or the threat of it, is what is sometimes needed.

[Meaghan27]

They will upset and alienate a lot of people if they go on strike, I doubt many will be out banging pans in support of a strike.

[Bobbisox1]

My daughter is a qualified dental nurse Ken, she had COVID and didn’t get paid, her two cousins stayed off work up to 12 weeks ( both work for the NHS) and got full pay, perhaps looking at sick pay and top tier management, then giving the nurses a debt pay rise would be a step in ypthe right direction

[Meaghan27]

What is a debt payrise?

[Bobbisox1]

* decent* pay rise

[THECORBYLOON]

BOBBI, why was your daughter not paid when she was off sick?

[Bobbisox1]

Because she works in the private sector Corby ( as most dentist are now)

[naomi24]

She must have a really naff contract of employment, bobbi.

[THECORBYLOON]

Did she not at least receive Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) or the same rate as SSP?

[Bobbisox1]

I confess I don’t know Corby ,

[davebro]

Pay scale £30k up to £50k they ain't doing too badly & seeing some of the jumbos waddling around our local ossy they aren't starving either!

No - they shouldn't go on strike.

[THECORBYLOON]

DAVEBRO, the pay for NHS Nurses starts at £20,270 a year.

https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-202223

[Bobbisox1]

Sorry , I’m dealing with my sister ( 90) who’s almost hysterical because she thinks somethings happened to my niece )
So I’ll leave this thread

[Bobbisox1]

Panic over, I’m back ;0)

[Ken4155]

As your daughter is a qualified dental nurse, Bobs, i'm sure she is an intelligent woman and no intelligent person would work under a contract that does not recognise SSP.

[Peter Pedant]

they do a marvellous job but I’m against all strikes as they don’t achieve anything,
vocation yes - vow of eternal poverty - no

( to Judge Judy: I took a vow of perpetual poverty - in this country it means I became a teacher)

[Bobbisox1]

I’m sure she would qualify had she stayed off but she didn’t Ken, she went straight back after her test result but I’m deviating a bit here, I think if the Nurses didn’t get full pay when off sick, the numbers going sick would drop , so saving the NHS budget millions

[Peter Pedant]

she must have a contract of service
SSP is available in every employment - I cant believe the employer can opt out or they all would.

the give away is S for statutory - - means there is a law somewhere