Ambulance strike

[GarethM]

No, no, no. It's not shitetalk, it arbarisings.

 

A free space to put all options & opinions through the discussion shredder and hopefully come out with a homogeneous and rich pile of steaming compost. No horse manure allowed

[Con]

1 hour ago, Mike Hill said:

 

 

Edited December 23, 2022 by Con

[Kimosabi]

1 minute ago, trigger_andy said:

You got me there!

 

Anyway, enough of this foreplay, can we get back to the subject of this thread, please? 

 

Can you explain why a job as important, skilled, potentially dangerous working environment and with a high level of responsibility, long hours that required a degree should not be paid more a week than you make in a day and a half chopping up 

That was their choice to do that, that's why I decided to go out and chop up trees as you put it, less hours and more money 

[GarethM]

Biologically speaking gays are more a short term thing, it's not like anyone could be a 5th generation gay. Like my daddy and his daddy and his mother's uncles daddy.

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Kimosabi said:

That was their choice to do that, that's why I decided to go out and chop up trees as you put it, less hours and more money 

They never signed up for high levels of inflation that is effectively stealing their wages. They never signed up up for energy bills, fuel bills and taxation through the roof either. They have asked for wage increases to keep up with what they did sign up for and since that has been rebuffed they have been left with little option to either strike or quit. Many have quit and this creates another problem for the Nurses that chose to remain, a far heavier workload than they signed up for. A significant increase in wages will stop strike action and hopefully entice Nurses back to their jobs. A wage that genuinely reflects the very necessary work they do for all of us.

[trigger_andy]

4 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Biologically speaking gays are more a short term thing, it's not like anyone could be a 5th generation gay. Like my daddy and his daddy and his mother's uncles daddy.

Gays are great at parties. 

 

Not only do they leave more women for us straighties they take another guy out of the picture. 

[Kimosabi]

1 minute ago, trigger_andy said:

They never signed up for high levels of inflation that is effectively stealing their wages. They never signed up up for energy bills, fuel bills and taxation through the roof either. They have asked for wage increases to keep up with what they did sign up for and since that has been rebuffed they have been left with little option to either strike or quit. Many have quit and this creates another problem for the Nurses that chose to remain, a far heavier workload than they signed up for. A significant increase in wages will stop strike action and hopefully entice Nurses back to their jobs. A wage that genuinely reflects the very necessary work they do for all of us.

None of us signed up for high levels of inflation or high energy prices or fuel prices but we all have to deal with it, many many people are having to get by on less, it's called times are hard. Pure nonsense 

[nath]

3 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

They never signed up for high levels of inflation that is effectively stealing their wages. They never signed up up for energy bills, fuel bills and taxation through the roof either. They have asked for wage increases to keep up with what they did sign up for and since that has been rebuffed they have been left with little option to either strike or quit. Many have quit and this creates another problem for the Nurses that chose to remain, a far heavier workload than they signed up for. A significant increase in wages will stop strike action and hopefully entice Nurses back to their jobs. A wage that genuinely reflects the very necessary work they do for all of us.

No one signed up for inflation, that’s an irrelevant argument, we are all faced with the same thing.

 

as for enticing new staff, well perhaps if nurses stopped whinging so much young ones might be more tempted to take on the career 

[GarethM]

It's those bi ones that are the problem at parties, taking whatever they want is unfair on the rest of us.

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Kimosabi said:

None of us signed up for high levels of inflation or high energy prices or fuel prices but we all have to deal with it, many many people are having to get by on less, it's called times are hard. Pure nonsense 

When you say deal with it you generally mean you adjust your prices to suit. You may say that you personally dont but Ive read many a post on here discussing price increases due to inflation and the cost of energy today. The customer can either accept the increase in quote or not, you just choose the jobs that are willing to pay. And clearly they are willing to pay since you clearly earn enough in just over a days work to equate to what a Nurse earns in a week. Now as Im sure you're aware a Nurse cannot just increase his/her wages can they? There is a process to follow and when that process does not end with a satisfactory agreement whats left is strike action.