I’m a critical care nurse – here’s why I am on the verge of quitting
A member of the Royal College of Nursing explains why everyone should have to work a shift in an NHS…
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Why the government’s court action against striking nurses is an act of vindictive idiocy
Also this week: a guitar from Sting, and a literary reminder of why being 16 was never sweet.
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The Tories know they can’t beat the unions – they just want someone else to blame
Anti-strike bills won’t change the fact the country needs nurses and teachers a damn sight more than it needs these…
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How to win a strike negotiation
As the government and nurses enter “intensive” discussions over pay, a trade union negotiator reveals how talks unfold.
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Tories hope U-turn on nurses’ pay will boost poll numbers
The government is negotiating with selected striking workers after finding it had £30bn more than expected.
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How can NHS strikes be resolved?
Nurses and paramedics are fighting poor pay and conditions. Somehow the government needs to find the money to reverse years…
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Doctors’ union chair: prioritising private healthcare will increase inequalities
Iain Kennedy, the chair of BMA Scotland, on why charging wealthier patients will reduce NHS funding and widen the health…
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British nurses’ pay lags behind other European countries
Taking into account what wages can buy, nurses in the UK earned less than the average of the 20 EU…
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Do the public support the nurses’ strike?
More than half of the public backs the nurses’ strike, with only about a quarter opposed.
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Majority of Britons oppose workers earning over £50,000 going on strike
New polling reveals public sympathy for industrial action is influenced by salary levels.
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What are the salaries of workers going on strike in the UK?
Rail workers, nurses and paramedics aren’t paid as much as people think.
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What Rishi Sunak doesn’t get about strikes
A pledge to ban strikes and thus make pay bargaining harder is a pledge to ensure recruitment and conditions keep…
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Rishi Sunak could face more NHS strikes next year
Junior doctors are poised to join nurses and ambulance workers in back-to-back strikes, and public support remains high.
Is Britain losing faith in its “national religion”?
As ambulance workers and nurses walk out on an ailing NHS, the public’s attitude towards the health service is changing.
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Why are the Tories fighting a losing battle over strikes?
The arguments against public sector pay rises have contributed to building the low wage economy that’s stuffed all of us.
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Europe’s winter of discontent
Workers across the continent are striking in the face of surging inflation – but no country matches the UK.
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Nurses don’t strike lightly
When the heartiest of NHS staff take action, something’s up.
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Rishi Sunak needs to offer striking workers a better deal
It is not the strikes that should worry ministers most, it is that important public sector posts will be left…
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Is Rishi Sunak as hawkish on China as he made out?
The government may have missed a geopolitical trick by allowing Beijing to recall diplomats wanted for questioning by British police.
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The biggest myths about this week’s strikes in the UK
Starting and average salaries for public sector workers taking industrial action are lower than most people think.
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