Nurses have taken strike action – but should you believe media propaganda about it?

Last Updated: December 16, 2022By Tags: , , , ,

Nurses across the UK went on strike yesterday (December 15) after the government refused to reopen pay talks, saying the demand for a 19 per cent pay rise was “unaffordable”.

Here’s a BBC report:

Is a 19 per cent pay increase unrealistic?

It would only bring nurses’ remuneration back up to the level it was at in 2010, after all. Why was it affordable then, and not now? The economy has grown since then, so where has all the money gone?

Note the claim by the Tory minister Caulfield, who said she feared nurses’ industrial action would put lives at risk. That’s clearly untrue because the BBC had already reported that nurses had agreed to go back if a life-threatening situation required them.

Here’s Labour’s Dawn Butler, who came out to support nurses on the picket lines:

Ms Butler’s comments about the way the Tories behaved during the Covid pandemic are highly pertinent. Think of all the billions they wasted on useless equipment, just to funnel money to their friends and party colleagues – and now they’re saying they can’t afford a pay rise for nurses.

Clearly, Tory priorities are wrong. They would rather enrich fraudsters than give life-savers proper remuneration.

Ms Butler’s claim about food bank use is accurate too:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CmL4w4OsRCs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Still not convinced? Let’s have an economist’s view. I’m excerpting from a longer Twitter thread, coming in at the point where he discusses pay increases:

So now you know.

The strikes are not a result of greed by trade unionists.

They are part of a class war being waged on working people – on you – by your Conservative government.

Have YOU donated to my crowdfunding appeal, raising funds to fight false libel claims by TV celebrities who should know better? These court cases cost a lot of money so every penny will help ensure that wealth doesn’t beat justice.

https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/mike-sivier-libel-fight/


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