General strike/protest

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bring the ghost on said:
So does that make them fair game for any type of radical change to their employment contracts, with no recourse?




I'll add lawyers to the long list of professionals you seemingly despise, but actually, the point I raised about campaigning for legal aid cuts did result in a U-turn by the government and was campaigned for by those lawyers who are the least well paid and most honourable in the profession (legal aid defendant solicitors).
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This depends how you view it. You see it as a change to their employment contracts. The government sees it as a way to get 24/7 medical support........

The lawyers comment was just a joke......true though......
 
peteblue said:
This depends how you view it. You see it as a change to their employment contracts. The government sees it as a way to get 24/7 medical support........

The lawyers comment was just a joke......true though......
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No but, it is a change to their employment contracts isn't it? 24/7 care or not. So that needs standing up to.
 
peteblue said:
Why?......don't they want the best for their patients.......
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Here we go again. Striking doctors don't care about their patients and striking teachers don't care about their pupils. Of course they want the best for their patients, but they do not need to squander their rights to get that.
 
Seanjd said:
Here we go again. Striking doctors don't care about their patients and striking teachers don't care about their pupils. Of course they want the best for their patients, but they do not need to squander their rights to get that.
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So why didn't the Doctors or the BMA put forward suggestions, before the government raised it, on having 24/7 coverage.....
 
peteblue said:
So why didn't the Doctors or the BMA put forward suggestions, before the government raised it, on having 24/7 coverage.....
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I'm sure the BMA did. It isn't particularly 'the Doctors' job to do that, I'm sure they are busy enough working long hours. Health ministers are paid very good money to make those decisions.
 
Seanjd said:
I'm sure the BMA did. It isn't particularly 'the Doctors' job to do that, I'm sure they are busy enough working long hours. Health ministers are paid very good money to make those decisions.
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Bit of a cop out that I'm afraid.......but I'm sure we won't agree.......
 
Seanjd said:
Not at all. What's the job of health ministers? What's the job of doctors?
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Ok, so if the job of the Health Minister to decide what the NHS should do, why don't they do it. If the job of a Doctor is to help patients, why do they believe that they know better of how the NHS should work than the health Minister.....

If a health minister started giving out medical opinion of patient diagnosis then I would be worried........
 
peteblue said:
Ok, so if the job of the Health Minister to decide what the NHS should do, why don't they do it. If the job of a Doctor is to help patients, why do they believe that they know better of how the NHS should work than the health Minister.....

If a health minister started giving out medical opinion of patient diagnosis then I would be worried........
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Because they are standing up for their profession. Would you not do the same, if you worked in a vitally important profession which you were forced to accept a change of contract without a say?
 
Seanjd said:
Because they are standing up for their profession. Would you not do the same, if you worked in a vitally important profession which you were forced to accept a change of contract without a say?
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But everything I've read on here says they stand up for their patients, and nothing to do with the profession. If they are standing up for themselves then fair enough, just say so, no pretence, and the public will judge them accordingly.......
 
peteblue said:
But everything I've read on here says they stand up for their patients, and nothing to do with the profession. If they are standing up for themselves then fair enough, just say so, no pretence, and the public will judge them accordingly.......
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It doesn't have to be one or the other.
 
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