‘Strikes are all we have’: UK workers united in a winter of discontent
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- Опубликовано: 1 фев 2023
- Britain has been hit by a wave of industrial action this winter, as nurses, teachers and other public sector workers have gone on strike over pay and conditions.
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This has put them on a direct collision course with the government, which has introduced legislation to parliament that would make it harder for workers to strike. Adam Sich and Maeve Shearlaw spent a month talking to workers on the picket lines and protests to ask how the cost of living crisis is hitting them at home - and in their jobs
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#strikes #rmt #rcn #tradeunions #neu #nasuwt #strikers #uk #costofliving
We cannot become a country of billionaires and foodbanks.
The Have-Nots and the Have-Yachts.
The Tories will be hisTory....vote these useless PM and bums OUT
We cannot become? We are that already.
If you chase the Have-Yachts away, the economic differences will be lower - and the State will have less taxes.
@@a.brekkan4965 what are you on about they are all parasites who don't pay jack
@@disklamer In that case, you won't miss them.
Nurses were there for me when i had Covid and had to be on my own hoping i would not be put in a coma. This one nurse saw how scared i was and was able to ring my wife and let her know i am being taken care of. They were there for me and i get how much they had to do for one person. These amazing ppl need the support financially to show what they and the institution means to us in the UK. I am with you guys!!!
My daughter was one of those nurses, working in makeshift wards, looking for body bags (her hospital ran out of them). Nevertheless - she earns more money than I have ever earned and I live comfortably. And she's not yet 30 years old and buying a property in London. Don't let your emotions overwhelm the reality.
There's a high chance that they wouldn't have supported it, considering that most of the healthcare sector aren't taking part in the strikes because they're smart enough to know that *NOW* of all times, isn't the right time to strike cause the economy is on life support, and increased spending is the last thing anyone needs, plus they already make a considerable amount of money.
All my friends work in these sectors and not 1 support the strikes
@@mersifullwolf4054 that's actually, exactly why me and my friends don't support the strikes
@@mersifullwolf4054
People can't afford the cost of living, what do you expect them to survive on ?
They don't all make a 'considerable amount of money'.
It is wrong to routinely work hospital nurses a minimum of 12 hours. Human beings cannot keep up that pace and remain healthy.
Get into the private sector, 12 hour shifts are the norm in many places and much tougher work too..
try to explain that to some hedge fund manager or a politician they aboslutely dont give a damn about normal people, but hey once the scales tip over and hell brakes loose i guess they will have to start to listen
@@christianmungo2342 AND...AGAIN!!! You're on a "TROLL ROLL" ain't ya matey?! 🧐🤔 Only joined in December 22 and all you're doing is worthless commenting on valid posts! 🤣
I'd LOVE to meet you for a coffee mate, see how much of a gobshite you are when face-to-face, instead of hiding behind your new fake profile anonymity!?!? Come on down to Bournemouth mate, let's grab a cuppa by the coast and you can tell me ALL ABOUT your valid opinion!?
@@christianmungo2342
Why would you want to drag everyone down to sweatshop levels ?
It really bugs me that all this focus is going on the public sector. I work 16 hours!
Multinational corporations and government officials have become rabid disrupters of democracy and community stability!
They control by usa
Can you answer in more detail?
@@CybillWilsondo try and keep up, try educating yourself a little, may be stop watching mainstream news, and observe events around you and use a bit of critical thinking....start with that.
@@tigading2177 nor everyone is from the country of incident. And the demonstration happen with not context in their socmed
@@tigading2177 No. Cybill is right. OP posted some BS fluff that made no sense.
Please don't stop guys, fight for your rights. The people in power have fattened up on the ordinary worker's blood sweat and tears for long enough. It's ridiculous and disgusting how our essential workers are forced to live these days.
What about minimum wageprivate sector carers, why should they pay extra tax to fund these?
Minimum wage*
“We leave the EU to enforce and better our economy”
UK after leaving the EU:
Because they corrupted the process to deliberately foil the gains you would have otherwise had. It's not Brexit that's to blame, it's the leaders handling the Brexit...blame them.
How can you say that. Borris said we save 350million pounds per week on EU membership. We have alot money where can pay the nurses. This is what I heard.
@@ramrajah5460 Then why hasn’t he done it?
@@kaiserslavaniaashur1623 I'm pretty sure Ram was being sarcastic.
@@GuusJanssen He definitely was.
Leaving the EU has been a disaster that has caused an economic catastrophe even worse than Turkey's earthquake.
And we have no excuse - we did it to ourselves and don't deserve to be rescued.by anybody.
Because we had EVERYTHING - even favourable conditions that no other EU country had (opting out of the Social Chapter, for example) ...
But simple chimpanzee racism won a popular vote that was never supposed to succeed - and we left the best free trade zone that the world has ever known
We suck, and deserve EVERYTHING we've got. Even those of us that voted against leaving. We just didn't try hard enough - and are now, literally, paying an extreme price.for our cowardice and inaction.
It makes me sick that some people say these people have picked a vocation so they knew the pay was rubbish. The pay may not have been amazing but you could afford to live. You could raise your family. You could travel. How is it that British people have been sold a notion that it is acceptable for the backbone of our nation to be on poverty wages because they picked public sector jobs? I'm soo glad that public sector workers are finally fighting back. This has been going on for years. Absolutely fight to save our nation from the ghouls in this government.
And also did not expect a decade of pay cuts . No one goes into a job expecting that.
But it's true to a degree. Nurses have always been whining about pay since the 80s
@@adamant5419 whining? I hope you announce your opinion whenever you meet a nurse or need them.
Is the pay rubbish ? Just out of interest how much does a nurse get paid - if you even know ?
@williamf4544 starting at around £24,000 and rising to about £35,000 on average. The average nurse is doing at least 1 days worth of work unpaid in missed breaks, unpaid overtime etc. Hospitals are opening food banks to help support nurses. Most nurses are doing 12 hour shifts, working a rotation of multiple days on with a break the multiple nights. Is this information helpful to you? You can Google it also, but I hope that I have been fairly clear.
Congratulations dear strikers!!
Many Costa Rica's teachers me included went on a strike for 3 months. We believed we could obtain respect and communication from the government, many were discriminated and treated as treats. Educators, teachers were exposed as the worse of society. Sadly we lost the battle. Since then many policies from the government had been focusing on taking away workers's rights including banning any possible way of participating on strikes they are forbidden by law. Another action was increasing the age of pension.We can only observe hopelessly many of the workers' adquired rights are erased ! It is a shame for my country. I encourage you to continue fighting for your ideals.
Bad policies can be reversed. Don't lose hope. Keep fighting.
@Kathya
Never give up.
Encourage greater representation and voting and bring in people who will bring the changes. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
They need kicking out.
i agree that 100 p sent rong this is just mad
100% solidarity with striking workers.
I employ people in a small business and for me, the right to strike for better pay and conditions is a fundamental right that cannot be restricted or curtailed.
If an employer cannot pay their staff properly,they are just not running their business properly and maybe they should let someone else run it for them.
No employee owes their employer a living.
Also if everyone is paid less, they spend less. Higher pay also helps support small businesses.
@@johnthepotato6632 The economy trickles up not down.
Give these people their pay rises & they'll spend it, give money to the rich & you'll ever see it again.
The government takes to much money from private that why independent & franchise struggle
The employeer started the business with Capital , the left party wants to make it harder for middle clss to build wealth
@@riffraff9506 absolutely spot on 👌
Nothing but love for that young nurse with the glasses in the beginning.
The Tories will be hisTory....vote these useless PM and bums OUT
@@pepelepew1227
It has nothing to do with Ukraine.
Just because you would surrender doesn't mean others should.
@@dondoodat it wasn't long ago that Britain was doing the invading, colonising and partitioning of other countries.
Solidarity with the hardest workers in this country! Why are these ppl not getting paid the same as footballers or politicians? Teachers, nurses, train workers, care workers should be paid same if not more than these scum money hungry lying tories! Sadly nothing will change till this government is changed!!!
Change the government but nothing will change
This is what happens when you have a corrupt government who doesn't and won't listen unless it's in their gain.
These fuckers have just given themselves a 5% pay rise. (Their pay is set by an "independent body" that THEY set up)
They are not worth a 5% pay rise. No way. Nuh-uh!
100% behind our workers and these strikes!
YOURE MAKING A NATION OF WORKING CLASS CITIZENS VERY PROUD!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤❤❤
🙄 clueless…
@@christianmungo2342 please expand...? WHAT EXACTLY is so "clueless"?!? Or are you just a fucking TROLL who hasn't got anything better to do, other than leave one word replies with an emoji that have NO bearing or benefit WHATSOEVER? 🧐🤔 Hmm...or MAYBE you're one of the "1%" (top 20% are all culpable) who doesn't want to have their "assets & commodities" put at risk?!? 🤫🤭
Either have a valid fucking opinion or go stick your head up your bosses ass so you can keep that lovely, shiny brown nose in tip top condition! If you CANNOT give me a valid response, stating key facts & statistics to support your argument - and, NO; mainstream media regurgitation doesn't qualify! And I MEAN you actually have to HAVE an OPINION (not just repetition of what some other cunt has written) here...and I WANT TO HEAR IT???
If not, FUCK OFF!!! 🖕🏼
Idiot
@@christianmungo2342 you okay you dirty troll?
No working class, it's working poor.
Enough is Enough - I'm so sick of this government taking the p*ss out of us all
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Thanks for the contributions, I just skimmed through ELEANOR ANNETTE ECKHAUS webpage, interesting stuff, wrote her an email.
It's the system world wide, money is going to shareholders and big companies etc and squeezing out the worker
The Tories will be hisTory....vote these useless PM and bums OUT
Correct Dave. It's the system that the neoliberals have put in place. Privatise, outsourcing. Remove public sector jobs, bring in private jobs. Profit first, workers and conditions secondary.
Dave I agree but the UK have also the despicable disgraceful disgusting greedy inhuman tories
You mean to yourself if you have a pension
It's supposed to be a capitalist country that's the process. Are you really calling for socialism ? Your pension contributions get invested in the big companies and they generate income for you and allow you to retire!! Show some appreciation
Nurses and ambulance drivers they so deserve a pay rise. Myself and my son are sepsis survivors. My son has had sepsis 13 times due to low immunity. I got sepsis from a chest infection that my GP refused to give me antibiotics for. 9 months in hospital full body shut down. On life support for 5 months, followed by 4 months of rehabilitation, l had to learn to walk and talk and eat again. The NHS and everybody saved my life and my sons. 2% survival rate I was given. NHS gave me and my son 2nd chance at life. From coma to fitness. Give the NHS the payrises they deserve 👏 🙌
They killed my mum. What about the carers, they got no ethics.
@Yvonne Wiggins I hope you and your son's continue to improve.
@Paradise Breeze my condolences
I hope you are able to find comfort
Cut GPs pay as they are vastly overpaid!
GP's are useless - but the NHS is awesome!
Last year, I had a simple finger infection - as the pus began to build up after a couple of days, I rang up my GP surgery ... my assigned GP, who I've not seen in years, was fully booked and unavailable .. in mid-week, I finally got to see a GP inbetween appointments ... she prescribed antibiotics.
Things got worse, but I was thinking "just give the antibiotics a chance - this is supposed to happen"
Then, after seeing no improvement - and loads of Google searching [the only thing that came up was a medical journal about "how to perform an amputation on a septic finger" - eek!]
I rang up my GP surgery again, but on a Friday when there's nobody there - just zoom calls with a random doctor. [thankyou Conservative Party]
The substitute doctor told me to send photos of my finger - which I did. She calmly suggested that "you might consider visiting A&E at NHS Addenbrooke's today ..."
I did as she said, and joined the waiting room - I charged up my tablet; a dodgy finger was never going to compete with all of the axe wounds and heart attacks ... it would be at least 8 hours, surely ...
Within 90 minutes, the incredible young woman in charge pulled me aside in front of the whole room .. and stared me in the eye "YOU are getting surgery today!" [".. fuck!"]
Then her second-in-command escorted me a quarter of a mile to "PSU" - which I learned meant "Plastic Surgery Unit" as I was walking down the corridor
I wasn't scared - "this is happening, you'll deal with it. You'll just have to learn to be left-handed"
Then, I met the surgeon who would be performing the operation - he drew arrows on my right arm, that suggested that my whole arm was going to be amputated! Before making some smaller markings on my finger "... and here is where we'll make the incision ..."
The questionable sense-of-humour continued after I was wheeled into the operating theatre (they stripped me down, Covid tested me [I was "green"], and wheeled me on a hospital bed for a dodgy finger!)
A Scottish anaethetist explained the ground rules - I had never been "put under" before. He explained that my IV drip must be cleansed before the operation could proceed, and then he would ask me some questions...
Within seconds I tried to answer his first question - and went out like a light!, the canny bastard! - he had already injected me!:)
When I came to, in the "recovery room" - a nurse gave me as many cups of lemon juice that I wanted - then I was wheeled to the ward where I would spend the night under observation.
The night nurses were wonderful. Every ward had only 4 patients in it (each with a state-of-the-art adjustable hospital bed, including a pull-down TV), and 2 nurses attending.
The beautiful Spanish lady night nurse that attended me was sassy! - continuing the good humour - she explained that she needed to inject me with some anti-blood clotting drugs .. she had two knitting needles in her hand - and she stabbed my belly without warning, and laughed! I said "ouch!" (like James Bond) and winked back at her! ;)
Then - the surgeon visited me in the morning to see the results of his operation. He removed the plastercast on my finger: "Yes - I think that's come out rather well!"
And then I went home.
But we're not done yet - no way!
I had two aftercare appointments at NHS Addenbrookes, each one week apart - the sequel.
On the second one, I showed up early - and announced my nam ...
"Come with me please ..."
A male version of Mary Poppins whooshed past! I followed him ...
I was assessed by a brilliant male nurse and out of the hospital before my official appointment time!
Overall - my experience of the NHS last year was wonderful, (except for the first line of defense - the non-existent GPs)
I know it's not going to be the same for everybody.
But what I do know is that ALL nurses should be on no less than £100 000 per year, Because they are worth WAY more than a Tory politician voting to put themself on £88 000 per year,
WAY more!
I walked out of NHS Addenbrookes without spending a single penny, despite being cared for by dozens of lovely people. It was an incredible experience I will never ever forget.
I fully support ALL striking healthcare workers.
My less-than-24-hours stay at NHS Addenbrookes has shown me, first-hand, what I always knew to be true ... the NHS is indeed a gift, a national treasure that must be never lost or sold off.
It has also shown me, first hand, that the Tories need to go - they should NEVER be a political force in this country ever again.
They are the very definition of "awful" - and must go before they enrich themselves futher on the damage they cause.
Workers of the world, unite!
No solidarity to the patients whose appointments have been cancelled. Not great if you’re battling cancer.
@@chrisj9700 I don't give a flying fuck. Boo hoo, i guess workers have to die because there's someone sick. You don't really care about patients, just breaking balls.
@@chrisj9700 so wait until there's a cure for cancer eh?
MUPPET.
You have nothing to lose but your chains LOL! What happened is that they lost one chain...and got ten more in it's place. Because their leaders were even more corrupt than the leaders they wanted to overthrow. You can't eliminate human wickedness.
Thanks for admitting this is really about militant extreme ideology: nothing to do with pay and conditions.
*SOLIDARITY WITH THE WORKERS!*
I support you! You stand for us all.
Solidarity.
Us carers should be doing the same but we can't leave our clients alone, we have no choice but to be there. Full support to you!
Make sure to tell your clients how to vote for your benefit, small favor after saving they life
@@disklamer unfortunately that's not the nature of our job bud, we have to support unwise decisions if people have capacity. But yeah you'd think right?
@@Munchie2011 It may be time to start colouring outside the lines a little. Everybody else does it.
@@disklamer I understand what you are saying, we can advise and inform but just because everyone else does it doesn't make it right. It's unethical.
Thank you for your integrity. I look after my 87 year old Dad by myself without any help from anyone. He knows he’s lucky that I’m prepared to do it. But the elderly who live alone and no family support rely on you and your colleagues. You’re literally their lifeline. In my opinion, carers should be first in line for pay rises more than anyone. It’s a very tough job that not many people are prepared to do, and you deserve much more recognition.
People shouldn’t get one months notice to find a place for a rent increase - they should get at least one years notice. The same amount of time an owner wants to have a lease.
Sadly, all tenants are treated with no respect nowdays. Once they are sick, unable to work and left with litlle money, they get nice "card" saying - leave
Yes I'm sure a years of not paying rent is the right way to solve it
My kids and I horned the hell out of the area we live, yesterday - in solidarity with the teachers, and all the people who are striking and fighting for all our human rights!!!
A nurse should never work 12 hours. 8 should be the max. We all know how our performance nose dives as we get tired.
And not be paid pittances
My longest workday was 27 hours, my coworker was 36 hours. We never stopped moving. Ever heard of a pipeliner, oil field worker, military personnel, welder, farmer, construction work, commercial fisherman, etc.?
@@scottowensbyable are you boasting about being over worked?
@@scottowensbyable The slave has fallen in love with the system that exploits him.
@@alexmir8942 lmfao
Solidarity to the workers!
NO .. we don’t all support this madness ..
@@christianmungo2342 HERE I AM...AGAIN!!! You're on a "TROLL ROLL" ain't ya matey?! 🧐🤔 Only joined in December 22 and all you're doing is worthless commenting on valid posts! 🤣
I'd LOVE to meet you for a coffee mate, see how much of a gobshite you are when face-to-face, instead of hiding behind your new fake profile anonymity!?!? Come on down to Bournemouth mate, let's grab a cuppa by the coast and you can tell me ALL ABOUT your valid opinion!?
Thirteen years we've had the Tories, of whom I have been a lifelong supporter. THIRTEEN YEARS, and look at the bloody mess they've made ! SUPPORT THE WORKERS.
I mean, good on you but the writing has been on the wall these whole 13 years so what took so long?
@left_blank I was gonna say. And now wear the sign “I VOTED FOR THIS SHITE”
Let me guess. You were doing fine so sod everyone else. You voted Tory for the tax cuts and Brexit to get rid of the forigners. Now the struggle has reached you and suddenly it is support the workers.
How did I do?
The state of this country is the compilation of poor governance for well over 50 years, over multiple governments and parties. Our current system doesnt require any party to stick to their manifesto or have their pay judged on the performance on executing their manifesto. We need change of system as change of party hasn't historically fixed anything, just patched it.
I was also an active T.U rep for decades, but now am a pensioner, struggling with bills along with everyone else, and I vehemently opposed Brexit, so you really didn't do so well.
Full support for all the strikers. It's no surprise the Govt isn't making time to negotiate because Sunak is running damage control for his cabinet members when they get exposed for something.
When I left school in the late 1980's I changed my mind about going into nursing because I saw how little they were valued with pay freezes.
There should be a decent pay for everyone..
I totally agree with that
But as always Nurses play on their "caring angel's reputation"
Many working people are struggling to pay their mortgages, feed their families & pay their bill's not just nurses, but just as with the COVID food shortages the nurses thanks to the media have hijacked this cause as well. I hope the government stand firm & don't give in to the striker's & more importantly the unions who are controlling the whole thing, Mick Miller is no different from Arthur Scargill back in his day, they are both using the worker's to further their own political agendas... Let's hope the government have a "secret Maggie Thatcher type" hiding in the background, she did the seemingly impossible & broke the miner's strike & look where that got them.. let's hope our poorly paid & overworked retail worker's, delivery driver's, & all those whose lives touch ours everyday don't decide to follow suit & down tool's for a few extra ££ in their pockets each week, we would truly be stuffed if that were to happen
Thank you everyone for standing up for all of us working people 😢🫡
They aren’t though, they’re standing up for public sector workers and asking for wage increases which will ultimately become the burden of those of us on poor wages in the private sector, via tax rises and threshold lowering. Public sector jobs and pay are cushy by comparison.
@Maria Maria And you're gonna blame the workers for the actions of the Rich? All workers are being exploited, no matter the sector.
We Working Class have to unite and stop the burdens that are fictitiously created by the Rich.
Socialism is the only answer.
Maria, there are greater forces at play here.
When the system becames so corrupt, that some of the most caring people in society - such as nurses and teachers and paramedics - go on strike. You know how horrendous this system has become.
You cannot deny a person their self-respect.
Work is supposed to give you self-respect.
When you're working and can't afford to survive - then you're technically worse than a slave (at least a slave has free rent and extremely bad food).
Have you ever considered why "public sector jobs are cushy in comparison"?
Because they stood up for themselves!
You should too, if you can.
If your wages are too low, given the terrible situation the super-rich gamblers have put us in, then don't blame similar people to yourself.
Choose the REAL enemy. Otherwise you're playing into their greedy hands.
@@jazzx251 caring?! I’ve working in education and housing, both public services. Teachers in particular are some of the most narcissistic and entitled bullies you will ever come across, always complaining, always wanting more while doing less. Nurses as well are essentially the mean girls from school who grew up and got jobs.
@@jazzx251 If our wages are too low in the private sector, we don’t have union protections and can’t strike. We can be let go, and then we will have no wages at all. It’s horrid but striking is already a luxury. Also consider the fact that private sector companies in particular will protect those at the top, and anyone in the higher salary bands of a company will not be willing to strike to improve conditions or pay for those lower down. There isn’t much hope for lower paid private sector workers unfortunately.
Come on the people all... they want is a fare pay for their work a degree of decency in their lives
What about private sector? What about us?
The whole of the country should strike to get the tories out
What and a labour government would do any better bar put us in the mess like they did last time no thanks
So it’s not about wages and about toppling a democratically elected government.
@@leemcd88888bankers put us in a mess, Labour did not cause the global financial crash. Anyone would be waves better than the tories who have decimated everything intentionally to fill their pockets and corrupt the system
@@lexm17 true it was the bankers but why did we struggle more than any other country in the eu. And you do remember starmer wanted longer lockdowns honestly I’d hate to think the mess we would be in if this was labour time and time again they prove when they gain power they can’t handle it and they plunge this country into the worst kind of recessions
Resist, resist, resist! We are with you all the way, you have had more than enough!
We all support the strikes and are sick of the government doing nothing to help us while we are in crisis.
yes, a crisis governments facilitated on behalf of their Capitalist bosses
But britain is broke and printing money. If they increase the wages then inflation will spike to 20%
Socialism is the only answer.
Find the podcast or RUclips channel: *Teach Me Communism*
@@lococomrade3488 it’s not even bout capitalism or socialism. The government still plan stuff even in ‘capitalism’ or ‘socialism’. It’s about rich and poor. Workers are getting a worse deal more and more.
I's a media-driven crisis, not a real one. Just like the fuel shortages of a couple of years ago - all driven by the media.
thank you for doing such a long in-depth piece with mostly voices from people involved.
big love for the strikers, know your worth!
Solidarity!
Strikes are not "all we have"
Your dignity and self respect remains intact.
You have something they want, and only a human being can give.
Your skills.
Don't give them those skills unless they offer a wage you can comfortably survive on.
such a beautiful sight to behold. Go for it UK citizen. Dethroned the evil government.
“There is power in the Union!” Well once there was, Solidarity! ✊🏼
Support from this guy in Canada - always respect workers rights to strike for better pay and conditions
A person's profession does not define who they are. They have a name and a life, they're not just 'A Nurse'. It's a job, and they deserve appropriate remuneration.
Yes! Now it’s American workers’ turn!
Don't give up my fellow english friends ! All my support from France
How much longer are we going to let the tories get away with it
Anyone with a brain supports these strikes, keep doing what you’re doing, there is immense support for you ❤
only a conservative government would clip angels wings
I think the upper class (particularly in England) have forgotten what humanity learnt a while go - that democracy, with all it's strikes and protests, is the preferable alternative to violent revolution and poor people kicking in their doors.
The way in which they think can just continually dismiss out of hand such large scale calls for fairer conditions is appalling.
I wouldn’t mind donning a balaclava & raiding the Sunak estate with a bunch of attractive nurses
Full support for all of you. Where's that GE !?
23 months to go. Remember to vote, and get everyone you know to vote. Once the party is over for the Tories, we need to exile them for DECADES as punishment.
Condolences to all those affected
Meanwhile, The wealth of ultra rich are going up and up. Kind of give a bad feeling of our future 🙂
Inspired by the rail strike!
When the miners striked against Thatcher in 84 we sent food over, happy to do that again. Keep at it until they cancel Brexit.
Don’t back down, keep going, it’ll be worth it in the end.
No surrender!
Who’s paying for it? Me the tax payer minimum wage worker? Where’s my increase?
Right behind you all !!!
I think all politicians should take a pay cut to fund all that are striking while they had an 11% pay rise during COVID no one else had shit all...
Oh the NHS had a clap !
They sound even too drained and run down to strike angrily ☹️ POWER TO THE NURSES AND TEACHERS
Still too little, need to block all the country till government starts appreciating more the workers and stop giving tax breaks/handouts to the billionaires. Need to show them who actually runs the country, they need constant reminding.
Solidarity. 👏👏👏
We all support you you should get a big pay rise
Teachers
Nurses
Students
Rail workers
Custodians
Are The Public
Pay them more Now
Supporting the striking workers!
I’m not sure if Sunak knows the history of Britain well enough… but Heath played a similar game of chicken and lost. This isn’t the winter of discontent. This reminds me of the preceding power cut strike. A weakened government beset by u-turns plays Chicken with the people of Britain. I believe this is when the famous political byline was first coined: “Heath asked who runs the country. Well, not you mate!”
Sunak may want a refresher on what country he’s in.
From all I've seen, that England died along with punk rock. Now you have people who willingly cede their responsibilities to the gov't in exchange for the dole.
Sunak promised a lot but delivered nothing.
Continuing a proud Tory tradition.
Maybe the healthcare system wouldn't suffer like this if the government didn't donate so much money to the Ukraine war.
Exploiting human life is not right just for profits. People need to think before they vote...those who never worked in life will never understand importance and effort of others work. Prayers with you !!! Education and healthcare is system which build your country developed
@left_blank wow !!! Watch video first....they are teachers and nurses...these are educated working classes...not businessmen, landowners and Oligarch...
@left_blank how can you live beyond your means when rental prices are the highest in Europe whilst wages have stagnated? Not to mention the ever increasing cost of electricity, gas and food. We have the highest living costs in Europe and some of the lowest wages.
@@alexanstey1742 Oligarch, come and buy many houses to make rental money for generations... They have house in name of wife, husband and each children...basically they exploit system...in there home countries and in other countries. Instead of starting industries ...they take away jobs by degrees from foreign countries ... So, they take away jobs..as in other countries you can have degrees by money !!!
@left_blank if you don't live in the UK and more importantly don't know much about it then it is not your place to comment.
Real humans would know that all workers should have a wage and pay their bills comfortably and stress free.
Public sector workers get guaranteed employment, gold-plated pensions, above average paid holidays, paid sick leave, paid study leave, extended maternity/paternity leave (paid of course), medical insurance, death in service insurance and other benefits. All funded by the tax payer. To strike over wages PLUS all these benefits is ridiculous.
I fully support all that are taking part in the strikes, there needs to be a firm change in England 🇬🇧 🙌
I hope the best for UK and the people there. So with no bad intent: there had been people promising you 350 💷 per week. Where is the money? Should Farage or Johnson not be in Court rather then relaxing somewhere? I mean you can't advertise for something this concrete "Taking the 350 mio per week EU spending and put it into NHS" and then no do it without consequences. You should confiscate their savings and payments from the government at least.
Hope you find back on track soon!
I fully support the nurses, teachers, fire staff, postal workers, rail workers, people are scared to stand up for themselves, the teacher and nurse summed it up, people are not coming in to the industry, I thought about it but I realised that I wouldn't be able to afford to live.
I cried watching this video, I was on good pay at one time, now I'm earning a higher wage than most people, yet due to the ever increasing cost of living, I'm struggling as a single person, I would love to give more to the community, I can't and I'm one of the lucky ones, I fully support all of these people, the way this latest dictatorship are treating the working class people, I fear that we are a timebomb waiting to explode, because we've been so soft for so long, I fear that when the dictatorship ban unions, which they will do, there's going to be a mass riot, they've cut back on so much, defenses, the police, the health services, everyone, yet they took an 11% pay rise, these politicians don't care because they're all multi millionaires, I wouldn't vote for one of those idiots, it's about time we, as the public, instead of leaving it to those who will do the job, I've been guilty as the next person of doing this, we need to make sure that if something is promised, it's acted on. I'm afraid whether it's the Tories, Labour, Lib Dems, the green party or anyone else, we, the British public are well and truly screwed, at least for as long as I'm alive
AWESOME!!! GOOD FOR THEM!!!
Solidarity
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Solidarity for nurses and all striking professions
The workers deserve respect. Nurses, drivers, teachers, cleaners, railway workers, they move in silence the wheels of history, they suffer in silence the inflation but they have nothing to lose except their Chains. Vivan the British Workers ! Salutes from Chile
All work, public and private, is noble. And unions are part of what works in employee and greater-community advocacy.
With those important points said, I've been around long enough in "the good fight" that I cringe when I hear constantly people lament what "the government" is doing or not doing, as if it is some separate entity on high, instead of representative of the public and beholden to the opinion of the masses (and their votes). (Maybe in another comment I'll write about specific government-based problems AND, in many cases, hubris. But that is too much territory to cover now.)
This happens a lot here in the U.S., as well as in the U.K.--if this one video is fully representative of this issue there. Ideally, the bulk of our advocacy before government representatives is done through our work in advocacy organizations/unions--as the saying goes, there is power in numbers. But I'm concerned whenever I see union representatives, as in this presentation, that don't talk about individual, small group, and all-members lobbying of legislators, community information campaigns to influence the local masses to vote pro-education, pro-health care (and more) candidates for office, etc., etc. I know these things go on and on both sides of the Atlantic; what does it say when these concepts aren't articulated in a video like this? Of course, it's important to talk about the broad issues ("we must do better for the children, "our society must do more because we rise or fall together") but what about the deep-in-the-weeds organizational and logistics work that drives the big results, or has the most potential to do so?
I would respectfully suggest The Guardian produce another report that speaks to this.
maybe unregulated free-market capitalism is an existencial threat...
Workers fiil the streets only when a conservative party is at the wheel. All over the world.
The coincidences ...
They filled UK streets when Jim Callaghan was at the wheel, it brought in Thatcherism
I’m not in anyway defending the Tory party as I hate them with all my being, but weren’t the mass strikes of the 1970’s while labour was in power?
The Winter of Discontent took place under Labour. Strikes in the oil sector almost toppled Tony Blair until he decided to stop raising Fuel Duty.
Yes, but they're not strikes, are they? They're just occasional days off work. A strike is when you withdraw your labour indefinitely until the management/government yield.
Where does society stands without the front liners sacrificing themselves and their families for communities! Stop squeezing them to last drop y'all UK Oligarchs are nothing without them.
Why Royals live lavishly when citizens can't get decent salaries....fix your Royals... everything will be alright
Hello from Ukraine! Perhaps this thought will help you in some way, or inspire some of you.:-)
"If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic your efforts would be in vain. England would still rule you. She would rule you through her capitalists, through her landlords, through her financiers, through the whole array of commercial and individualist institutions she has planted in this country and watered with the tears of our mothers and the blood of our martyrs". - James Connolly
What a fuckin comrade. ❤️
It's not just Nurses, its Everyone who deserves better pay. And inflation everywhere needs to stop now.
If you have overworked clinicians and not enough of them your putting the patients which is the public at risk. Like it’s not a complex problem.
If they can’t make enough to sustain their families they will leave the profession or the country.
UK should attend to its people’s need as opposed to global politics and supporting endless wars.
We'll do both, thank you very much. There's no reason except greed that we can't both support our people AND help to break the back of a facist, genocidal terrorist state.
hard disagree, global cooperation is essential to our way forward. economies are becoming more global everyday, there's no going back now unless we want to suffer in isolation like with brexit.
Solidarity from a germany! please come back to EU, we miss you.
germany and France has its own protest now. poverty rate in germany is just as high
We don’t want the Euro and Schengen.
Britain on strike
Power to the People💪
If all the working people in the world do the same thing we can win the war against the filthy rich crooks in their place. USA workers stand with you!
You wanted Brexit now live whit IT
Should be happening in the US as well, certainly in DC…
Nurses are the best people in the world, God bless them! ♥♥♥
Keep STRIKE - if you want more raise or money. Speak Your Voice.
Time for Labour to step up and SUPPORT THE WORKERS!!! Let's go, Starmer. Stop being a lite version of the Conservative Party. Living wages for all public sector workers - rail, health and teachers!
These are Tory Strikes, don't let them be labelled as Labour's Strikes, which is what the rightwing media is gagging to do.
Labour must not be blamed for the inconvenience the public are suffering from BECAUSE OF THE TORIES.
Labour's job is to get elected and make strikes unnecessary in the first place.
@left_blank False. Parliament is full of Oligarch lackeys who don't properly tax the wealthy.
@left_blank exactly
@left_blank Precisely. Plus when these people complain about the money we send to Ukraine, they fail to realise that its coming out of our military budget🤣🤣🤣🤣
@left_blank All my friends work in these sectors and not 1 support the strikes
I wish the usa would protest like this, the sad truth is that they keep us very politically divided and distracted with racial issues to keep us from paying attention to our living conditions. I Cant wait until we are passed the race thing so we can actually focus on economic thing.
Just imagine if all of retailers went on strike
I am 74 years old and a ex Union delegate and I tell you people is close the country down to a stop it’s wrong to do that But that’s only way to get your MASSAGE a ACROSS and something done
Arrest all Tories members
Like Iceland after their recession. Lock up the bankers, reimburse the public.
My children need you 🇵🇸
Solidarity from the US. ❤️
Thank you from the U.K.! 🇬🇧
The fact that they're striking NOW of all times, is ludicrous
when is the right time ?
@@antsfromuphere in 1 or 2 years or whenever the economy is strong enough to give out pay rises
@@antsfromuphere imagine everyone asking for a pay rise when the company you work for is on the verge of going bankrupt, *THATS BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING*
@@antsfromuphere the economy is JUST recovering, this is (honest to god) the last thing anyone needs and literally all my friends that work in these sectors agree
@@astamano1274 One of the reasons people are so pissed off is they are seeing companies, like oil and gas companies, making huge profits but still raising prices. Many business owners are making huge amounts of money and for the average person living is getting far more expensive. There is the money to pay for pay rises, but it is held by companies, like oil and gas. The money is there it just needs to be given to the people actually doing the work, through increased minimum wages and a better tax system that actually taxes people who are maxing huge profits (e.g. just been found out that shell has made 40 billion in profit last year, they have only been made to pay 500 million or around that in winfall tax to the uk)
Rich get richer and poor poorer.