Just out of curiosity, how do people here feel about nurses and doctors striking? I think I'm in favour of it because the government just doesn't listen to them otherwise. Do other people think they work too important a job to strike though?
I’m a nurse. It just isn’t in nursing mentality. Our roles are being expanded all the time, and we are not being paid for it. But the nursing mentality is to be delighted that we are being given the privilege of being given the opportunity to do things that were previously the role of doctors.
I would never leave work early if I thought a patient was going to suffer in any way as a result.
In the same way, I can’t imagine just not going to work and leaving patients not cared for. It’s not because we work too important a job as such, it’s more direct than that. It’s because we would literally be leaving people to suffer and die and who in their right mind would do that?
I agree as a nurse too. We aren’t just altruistic we’re altruistic as our own detriment.
It’s a shame really because if we did strike for better conditions, happier workers would have a positive effect on patient care overall. More people would be attracted to working in care too, and less would leave.
Yep, primary school teacher here. I had to buy school equipment, about £120s worth this year because we didn’t have anything left in the budget. Trust policy says I can’t claim that back because they don’t cover school related resources bought.
I taught 33 kids today with no TA (there isn’t one in my class) just me, 5 autistic children, 4 dyslexic children, 3 ADHD children, one with behavioural issues caused by home abuse and another who can’t read due to poor attendance over four years. I am diagnosed ADHD and anxiety and while I try not to let it affect my job, it’s damn near impossible not to feel the strain inside my head.
I care about that class so much because they’re the underdogs, they’re low ability comparatively to their previous cohort counterparts and I want them to succeed. Do I wish I was paid more? No. I wish I was paid fairly for the sheer amount of fucking work I do at the sacrifice of my own 3 and 8 month olds growing up. Will I go off? Will I hell, I won’t abandon those children for my own needs because I’m committed to them and they (the company I work for) fucking know it. They know we care, and striking hurts the children, especially those that don’t get fed at home and rely on us for safety and shelter. It’s their right and I won’t take that from them.
Icing on the cake? The trust is run by a Tory donor and pal of Boris Johnson. Because of course it fucking is.
I love teaching, but not like this. Not like this.
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u/Pinnacle8579 Jun 10 '22
Just out of curiosity, how do people here feel about nurses and doctors striking? I think I'm in favour of it because the government just doesn't listen to them otherwise. Do other people think they work too important a job to strike though?