• Jackthelad@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That “more than 6%” they want is 35%.

    If you’re going to strike, at least come up with a reasonable pay demand. Otherwise you just look silly.

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          Thanks for sharing. This confirms exactly what I said. They’ve received below inflation every year for 15 years. Now they’re asking for a huge rise to make up for it and the government is again standing on 6%. It’s sad that people are so against workers seeing their pay increase instead of being fucked over. I hope they get the 35% and this torrie government can get fucked.

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            Even Wes Streeting (Labour Health Secretary) has said 35% is stupid. What are they going to do then?

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              1 year ago

              Kick the can down the road long enough and eventually this is what happens.

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                Yes, and I have sympathy with that. But this is the reality. What they are demanding in pay rises is not sensible. The conservatives are telling them that, the independent pay board just told them that too, and Labour is telling them that.

                At some point they have to realise this, no?

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                  The independent pay review body (DDRB) isn’t actually independent (look at who decides the appointments and sets the constraints) and their advice has been ignored several times over the last decade. Hiding behind them won’t work.

                  The Conservatives have dug themselves a huge hole by failing to maintain public services in general and failing to police privatised services. The consequences of this are all around us. For healthcare the monstrous NHS waiting list, which began to grow shortly after the Conservatives came into power, is a damning indicator.

                  As far as the doctors go, when is a good time for them to seek recourse? There never is one. Meanwhile the government continues to drag this out and from what I can see haven’t actually met with the doctors all that much (and have insisted on preconditions).

                  I don’t see this going away any time soon. And all the while our economy suffers. Having good access to healthcare is part of what makes us competitive - it gets people back into the economy and active, directly or indirectly.

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                    The independent pay review body (DDRB) isn’t actually independent (look at who decides the appointments and sets the constraints) and their advice has been ignored several times over the last decade.

                    I’ve heard this a number of times and I don’t agree with this take. Are we saying that their decisions are not independent? Their whole remit is to decide what is fair based on the constraints. Suddenly saying they have constraints is meaningless. They’ve come to a decision based on the situation at the time. As far as I know the government have accepted their recommendations in full this year.

                    The Conservatives have dug themselves a huge hole by failing to maintain public services

                    Yeah I don’t disagree with this. Past actions have come up a cropper. But that doesn’t justify a 35% pay rise.

                    As far as the doctors go, when is a good time for them to seek recourse? There never is one.

                    I don’t think anyone is saying they shouldn’t seek recourse. Who is saying that? People are just rightly questioning whether this is the right way to go about it? Here’s a starter for ten. What if they had said “In a cost of living crisis with high inflation we demand 15% increase and guaranteed increase in numbers of doctors plus extra paid for training yearly to help the burnout and an uplift in junior doctor’s hourly wages”. I don’t think people would have questioned that as a starting position but they’ve completely overshot here. It’s actually put people off supporting them.

                    I don’t see this going away any time soon. And all the while our economy suffers. Having good access to healthcare is part of what makes us competitive - it gets people back into the economy and active, directly or indirectly.

                    This is the real tragedy of it all.

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                  35% is not realistic but I think 15% would be reasonable. The government (whether that’s Con or Lab) need to send a message that pay is on the up, increasing above inflation, to incentivise people to stay in/join the NHS. We need to pull out of this death spiral.

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            They’re not going to get 35%, it’s ridiculous.

            Where would the money come from? If they managed to find it, it would also fuel inflation, which is worse for all of us.

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              Would it? Public sector wages (and doctors in particular) already lag far behind inflation. They’re not the ones fuelling any of this.

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              Let the billionaires who have profited off the workers for decades foot the bill. Stop making excuses for this behaviour and stand by your working class brethren. Unless you’re a billionaire, then feel free to cough up.

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              It’s the pay rises of the rich that are currently fueling inflation.