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And some how tory MPs expect to use the NHS as a political kick ball for generations. Treating staff like shit.
And some how think the NHS doctors they have underpaid and over worked don't get to respond with a strike timed to try and convince voters to not vote tory.
I'm confused about this. Striking is used as a means to bring the employer/government to the negotiating table, but there is no government until after the election, so what's the point?
It's targeted to bring the issue to the forefront of people's minds before they vote.
They're not trying to negotiate with the current government, they're trying to gain support from the people voting the next government in, hoping they'd vote for a party sympathetic to their cause.
I'm not entirely convinced that strike action should be used in this way. It's too easy for the Tories to point at the docs and blame them for waiting times going up.
Yes, but nobody believes them. They trust the doctors more. So, the Tories blaming them would backfire to the doctors advantage,
I'm not sure "nobody believes" them, you and me might but the general population is a broad spectrum. Waiting times for routine appointments are already at an all time high and some of that is due to industrial action, this proposed strike will make that worse.
Striking is an important tool for workers to be used as a last resort to bring an employer to the negotiating table. That's not the case here, there is no "employer" as such until after the election, so what's the point? Simply 'raising awareness' is a pretty poor justification.
Sounds like Wes Streeting is also going to pick a fight with the NHS if Labour get into power. I wonder if the strikes will end up continuing.
Wait until their dads hear about this!