Is there anyone in the UK who is not on strike at the moment, and if not, why not? #UKstrikes

"In my first role as a newly qualified nurse in England last year, I didn’t work a single shift where there were enough nurses on duty. Even when I wasn’t on shift, I knew there were never enough nurses. Every day, the group chat for my ward would light up with requests for people to come in on their days off."

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/nhs-nurse-strike-reject-pay-deal-5-percent-insulting-why-i-voted-no-rcn/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#UK #UKstrikes #NHS #nursesstrike #nurses #health #healthcare

https://www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/disingenuous-to-link-excess-deaths-with-strike-days-says-bma #bma #uk #ukstrikes #nhs #doctorstrike #doctors

The LAE studied the link between public sector pay rises and inflation... the reality is, there isn't a link. Jeremy Hunt is simply wrong. Link to LSE post in next Toot.

#UKStrikes

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65267370?s=09

CIVICUS UK Report - March 2023 ⬇️

UK CIVIC SPACE IN DECLINE: RESTRICTIONS ON PROTESTS, ATTACKS ON MIGRANT RIGHTS, & PROTESTERS BEHIND BARS

In its 2023 World Report, Human Rights Watch (HRW), an INGO which investigates human rights abuses across the globe, stated that the UK government “repeatedly sought to damage and undermine human rights protections”.

https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/civic-space-in-decline-restrictions-on-protests-attacks-on-migrant-rights-protesters-behind-bars/

#humanrights #tories #ukstrikes #migrants #braverman #illegalmigrationbill

There's only one question any journalist should be asking Rishi Sunak and Steve Barclay about the #NHS pay offer.

"If the money was there all along, why didn't you settle sooner?"

#HealthService #UKStrikes

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-64977269

Solidarity with those on strike today.

#UKStrikes

"In real terms (adjusted for inflation), growth in total and regular pay fell on the year in November 2022 to January 2023, by 3.2% for total pay and by 2.4% for regular pay. A larger fall on the year for real total pay was last seen in February to April 2009, when it fell by 4.5%, but it still remains among the largest falls in growth since comparable records began in 2001"

I wonder why people are striking?

#UKStrikes #RealWages #Inflation #UKPolitics

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/march2023

Is there a trustworthy public calendar feed somewhere for all UK strikes?
#UKStrikes

Strike on Shrove Tuesday - a poem I wrote the other year.

This one goes out to all workers fighting and sacrificing to make things less shit.

#shrovetuesday #pancakes #pancakeday #strikes #UKstrikes #UCUstrike #RMTstrike #RCNstrike #CWUstrike #uptheworkers #solidarity

"Doctors have never experienced so much stress, so much moral injury from not being able to undertake the care that they’re so desperate to give.”
“This government, with its silence and disregard for our highly skilled and expert workforce, is consciously and deliberately overseeing the demise of the #NHS at a point when it is needed most.”
Dr Philip Banfield, Chair #BMA

#UKStrikes #Doctors #JuniorDoctors #HealthcareWorkers #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/20/health-workers-shattered-says-jeremy-farrar-as-more-nhs-strikes-loom

Coordinated strikes on 15-16 March, which coincide with Budget Day, can help galvanise and the ongoing strike wave. But individual unions must also seek ways to intensify the impact of their strikes.

https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2023-02-14/turning-it-round-15-16-march

#UKstrikes

Solidarity with all the nurses and ambulance workers on strike today for better pay and conditions and to #SaveOurNHS

#UKStrikes #Nurses #AmbulanceWorkers #RCNStrike #UKPolitics

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nurses-strike-today-search-your-29123718

As a nationwide strike demonstrates, the UK does not value public education: a disgrace for any democracy. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/1/britain-braces-for-biggest-day-of-strike-action-in-a-generation, https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/01/ministers-and-unions-dig-in-amid-widespread-strike-action-across-uk #UKStrikes

Supporting the strikes today by enjoying the sound of our 11 year old wandering around the flat kicking a balloon singing Kate Nash! #UKStrikes #TeachersStrike #solidarity

#Solidarity with all striking workers in the UK today. ✊

Hopefully we can get these asset-stripping kleptocrats out of power asap and go back to building a society that works for everyone, not just rich Tory donors.

#UKStrikes #Strikes

#Solidarity with the half million key #UK workers on strike today for better pay and conditions. It should never have come to this.

#Teachers #CivilServants #TrainDrivers #BorderForce #UKStrikes #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/31/up-to-half-a-million-to-strike-across-uk-as-talks-go-backwards?CMP=GTUK_email

Otherwise, things are great. 😗#ukstrikes

"Applause & warm words are no substitute for adequate investment. Since 2010, the average firefighter has lost at least 12% of the value of their pay. Over the same period, one in five jobs in the fire service has been cut, leaving it overstretched and at times dangerously understaffed. The cuts have meant station closures, fewer fire engines and slower and slower response times"
Matt Wrack, Fire Brigades Union

#Firefighters #UKStrikes #Inflation #Austerity #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/30/firefighters-strike-politicians-praise-fair-pay-safe-working-conditions-service

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYdj2tM6/
#ukstrikes