Keith WilsonGood to see the government has upgraded its offer, but a 5% increase—less than half the rate of inflation in the last year alone—is desultory and hardly begins to address the 35% real-terms fall in #NHS wages since the Tories came to power. #UKStrikes #ToryBritain #SaveOurNHS https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65450929
Is there anyone in the UK who is not on strike at the moment, and if not, why not? #UKstrikes
Paul DouglasThat’s a good idea, #RishiSunak, expend some of your nonexistent political capital and public goodwill ahead of the #LocalElections2023 engaging in a public feud with -checks notes- the #RoyalCollegeofNursing #RCNStrike #RCNStrikes #UKPol #UKPolitics #UKStrikes #ToriesOut https://apple.news/AZHnndsPYTyeMA45oS-mP0g
openDemocracy"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."
#UK #UKstrikes #NHS #nursesstrike #nurses #health #healthcare
Ana Ribeiro 💙
localzukThe LSE 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.
The Ranty HighwaymanSolidarity with those on strike today.
Simon WheatleyIs there a trustworthy public calendar feed somewhere for all UK strikes?
#UKStrikes
#UKStrikes
Pete GreenStrike 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
Workers' Liberty ✊🏿🏳️🌈 ⚧️ 🇺🇦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
Turning it round for 15-16 March
Coordinated strikes on 15-16 March, which coincides with Budget Day, can help galvanise and intensify the ongoing strike wave. Teachers in the National Education Union (NEU) will strike on both days; civil servants in PCS will strike on 15 March. It is likely that RMT members on London Underground will strike on 15 March, and on another day in the same week. Following RMT’s rejection of the latest offers from employers in disputes on the national rail, workers at Network Rail and mainline Train Operating Companies may join them.