#its also concerning that... it feels inevibtable that threatening to fire striking workers while doing nothing to address | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

mccoalminer · 1 year

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Why does it feel like we're constantly struggling against a huge step backwards in basic workers rights and protections?

Even putting the blatant disregard for working conditions aside: one of the biggest things uniting workers in these services is that they're all striking primarily not over pay but over conditions and funding: Across the board they're saying 'Even with a full workforce, it's impossible to provide a fit for purpose service.'

The answer to that isn't to sack workers?? There's already chronically not enough staff! How would any of these services cope with bulk firing their essential staff on top of the crippling pressures they're already facing.

There's no reason to propose a policy like this other than to accelerate the digging of public services' graves.

#uk politics #imagine being so obtuse that you see workers directly asking for your help and go 'nah sack em'#labour doing everything it can to oppose this is imperative #its also concerning that... it feels inevibtable that threatening to fire striking workers while doing nothing to address #the reasons for the strike could be a very direct pipeline to having a substantial part of the workforce walk out #to make the point that you cant sack all of them while maintaining your minimum level of fucking service #and that would be catastrophic for literally everybody #except rishi who materially wouldnt even notice #the biggest thing stopping nurses from walking out is and had always been their sense of responsibility #and their knowledge that patients will suffer #unduly when theyre ALREADY suffering unduly

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