Steve Dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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Another fall in the number of student accepted onto nursing courses; down from 19,520 in 2021, to 15,420 this week.

One more ripple from the ' wilful wrecking of the NHS:

Force Nurses on strike;
demonised them & insult them, while offering a poor settlement to get exhausted back to work;
continue to defund the NHS, causing over-work, strain & burn-out for staff...

Watch people think, perhaps this isn't the career for me.

aha, more private is the answer!

#nurses #tories #strikers #healthcare

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Nando161 · @nando161
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Anyway, fuck the and other . the . :antifa_100:

#CEOs #execs #support #strikers

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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Its sort of consistent but it also feels unjust; allowing thresholds to remain frozen via 'fiscal drag', has ensured that those & who do manage to achieve pay rises ( matched or not) there is the danger that they will find some of that rise taken by the tax at a higher rate;

more & more of us are becoming higher-rate taxpayers which on one level will help fund the state but on the other seem like over-taxing many just above average earners!

#tax #jeremyhunt #strikers #workers #Inflation

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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Finally, finally the has a plan which involves a doubling of the training places for & .

This is (perhaps) a decade late, but welcome nonetheless. However, now the Q. is how to retain them once they've been trained?

Here's an idea:
listen to the & pay NHS staff properly!

as has been demonstrated conclusively by the defunding of the , you cannot have a world class system on the cheap.

#nhs #workforce #doctors #nurses #strikers #tories #healthservice #publichealth #SupportTheStrikes

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steve dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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I suspect the media onslaught on the will get pretty bad this week, with reporters seeking out fatalities to lay at the feet of .

If you start wavering remember, the Junioi Doctors have been forced into this position;

the media should have been attacking the engineering of the through defunding the .

That they will likely now turn on the strikers, not on the Govt. will tell you what you need to know about our supine media!

#juniordoctors #strikers #tories #healthcrisis #nhs #SupportTheStrikes

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Guyroscope · @Guy
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So why do the government expect to offer a compromise before any negotiation starts? The only reason that are happening is because successive pay impositions have degraded the value of junior doctors pay by (they claim) 35%. Surely if the government's attempts at pay negotiation have resulted in an overwhelming call for strike action then they, the government, need to make a reasonable first offer?

#nhsstrikes #strikers

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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After some time it seems & his cabinet have been unable to convince the majority of the UK public () that the are the enemy... rather support for most strikes remains strong.

Of course, the moves to now settle (or at least appear to be interested in settling) the disputes are informed by these figures, but, as I keep noting:

Importantly, without budget support any 'settlement' is just , with an intent of later blaming strikers for cuts!

#rishisunakpm #voters #strikers #austerity #publicservice

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Reino do Cogumelo · @reinodocogumelo
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Mario Strikers: Battle League é atualizado para a versão 1.3.2 para corrigir travamentos

Confira! 👇
reinodocogumelo.com/feeds/6659

#switch #strikers #noticias

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Oden · @Gjallarhornet
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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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I'm not sure the Govt. understands how negotiations work... no sensible is going to call off on the mere promise of talks, especially when the counter party has a long record of lying & acting in bad faith...

by continuing to remember the party causing the disruption is the Govt. not the who finally said !

#union #strikes #SupportTheStrikes #strikers #EnoughIsEnough

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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Aha, so looks to be preparing to continue by stealth.... by using a low forecast of as a base for his 'commitment' to increase public spending by 1% a year.

This on top of demanding that pay rises to striking are paid out of existing budget (requiring other budget cuts) means that austerity will continue to bite & progressive destroy our public sector, with continuing adverse effects on the UK economy overall

theguardian.com/business/2023/

#jeremyhunt #austerity #Inflation #publicsector #strikers

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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As the strikes continue some Heads are becoming the sector equivalent of a comprador class, and by naming the to (some) unsympathetic parents have clearly been instructed to sow discord in their local communities.

For the Heads this looks like a long-term mistake, as antagonising further your will cast a shadow over the return to post-strike ... if Heads are choosing sides, then they need to choose their staff!

theguardian.com/education/2023

#teachers #education #strikers #school #workfoce #teaching

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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It seems finally may(!!) be considering back-dated pay rises for in the ...

but as before this is so much hogwash if continues to hold the line that all pyrites must come from within existing/settled budgets... if so, this is just another run at defunding public services (most crucially the ) & will merely shift the problem from one aspect of the (various) public services' organisation to another...


#rishisunakpm #strikers #publicsector #jeremyhunt #nhs #SupportTheStrikes #supportournurses

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kevincumbria · @kevincumbria
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This will go down well with nurses, train employees, teachers etc
MPs to get £2,200 pay rise from April for 'dramatically increased' duties last year
news.sky.com/story/mps-to-get-

#mpspayrise #strikers

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Reni Tent · @butterflieshope
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unite across : ‘Our disputes may be separate but we have one aim’

Voices from picket lines and protests in Bristol, Birmingham and London on a day of mass industrial action

School and train – latest news updates

theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/f

#strikers #england #strikes #solidarity

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Patrick Blower on and the - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

#keirstarmer #rishisunak #strikers

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Martin Rowson on and the - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

#rishisunak #strikers

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Andrew · @AndrewKF
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Today I took part in for the first time, choosing to join my comrades on the for a day of national action! 🚩

This is not something me, or my colleagues in the public sector have taken likely, forgoing a days pay will have an impact on across the country.

To bring about the change needed to protect and is to continue to strike and strike again!

and to ✊🏼

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-644

#strikers #victory #solidarity #conditions #pensions #pay #workers #strike #picketline #pcs #industrialaction

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