AIBU to believe the public will be supportive of Nurses taking Strike Action ?
Nurses are being asked to vote YES to strike action by the biggest nurses union RCN
www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved/Campaign-with-us/Fair-Pay-for-Nursing/Latest-updates
AIBU?
Nurses taking Strike Action
shmiz · 01/10/2022 08:45
Am I being unreasonable?
524 votes. Final results.
POLLFriedDuck · 17/11/2022 19:49
@Topgub
All staff, including me, are paid commensurately with their role and contribution to the business.
In an ideal world, there could be huge pay rises for everyone. However, that is just not affordable, particularly when hundreds of billions have been spent on lockdown.
A 5% rise would bring the average salary for nurses to not far off £40,000, which in my view is very fair considering the qualifications required for the role.
FriedDuck · 17/11/2022 20:06
@Rubystyles
As far as I can see, you can get onto nursing courses with DDD at A-level. Very few other pathways on offer with those qualifications would provide the opportunity to earn the sums of money in nursing, particularly at management level.
FriedDuck · 17/11/2022 20:06
@Rubystyles
As far as I can see, you can get onto nursing courses with DDD at A-level. Very few other pathways on offer with those qualifications would provide the opportunity to earn the sums of money in nursing, particularly at management level.
FriedDuck · 18/11/2022 12:53
@Mandatorymongoose
The difference is that Aldi area managers can be moved around the country to wherever they are required. Most nurses like to stay in the areas they grew up in.
Personally I would launch a ‘flying squad’ of nurses who could be moved around the counter to wherever they are needed. They would be paid £50,000 and all accommodation and travel costs would be covered while on deployment.
This would be a great flexible resource to support when there is a capacity issue or incident in one area of the country. During covid for example you had staff sitting idle in some places while nightingales remained closed due to staff shortages elsewhere.
FriedDuck · 17/11/2022 19:27
@Topgub
Senior managers will get a 5% rise the same as everyone else. That is all that is affordable when you’ve got soaring costs across all areas.
Where people think the money is available to fund double digit pay rises for the NHS or anyone else when the economy was in lockdown for 2 years.
Perhaps the unions demanding pay rises should’ve thought about that when they demanded never ending lockdowns.
usernamealreadytaken · 18/11/2022 22:03
@Putonyourshoes
"You’re absolutely right.
42% of nurses are a band 5. They cannot earn more than 32k. "
That's not strictly true - how many of that 42% of nurses on band 5 don't do any shifts or weekends? With shift allowances they definitely earn more than their basic salary of £32,934. Then there's High Cost Area allowance, and sometimes paid overtime too. How many nurses are only earning the basic salary?
FriedDuck · 17/11/2022 19:27
@Topgub
Senior managers will get a 5% rise the same as everyone else. That is all that is affordable when you’ve got soaring costs across all areas.
Where people think the money is available to fund double digit pay rises for the NHS or anyone else when the economy was in lockdown for 2 years.
Perhaps the unions demanding pay rises should’ve thought about that when they demanded never ending lockdowns.
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usernamealreadytaken · 18/11/2022 22:56
@Putonyourshoes
"They cannot earn more than 32k"
"We’re paid more for working weekends and nights, yes, and rightly so"
So they/you can earn more than £32k then. Yes, rightly so, but your original statement is not only incorrect, it's also deliberately rounding the salary down by almost £1000.
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