To be cross with colleagues who have decided to go to work on strike day?

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I am a UK civil servant who has witnessed rapid deterioration of working conditions, whose department has been many times in the news recently for failing to fulfil its security obligations (mainly down to the 25% target to sack staff). It appears the south east branches have shown pretty solid support for the public sector strike, except where we are. I find it unexplainable why every single union member decided to work this morning!!! AIBU to be really cross with them? I feel quite betrayed.

I voted against the strike and no-one in my work was on strike. I actually saved/prolonged a life yesterday. Was I glad that I went in? You bet I was.That persons life is worth more to me than my pension.
FWIW I have worked in the private sector and was much worse off, a pension that my company only contributed a small amount, 4 weeks holiday instead of the 30 something days I get now and no sick pay instead of the 6 months full pay I would get now. It makes a huge difference to think that if I break a leg or .God forbid, get cancer my salary will be paid for at least six months.

But Suzanne, if all the members of the unions who balloted for strike action went on strike, there would have been no nurses, no midwives, no ambulance drivers, no hospital lab diagnoses, no blood delivered. People would have died.

Whatever you think about those who chose to work, they had very good reason.