To not want to strike ?

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Nurses strike tomorrow and I'm not doing it. I know I'm being selfish but I don't want to lose money before Christmas plus still have to pay childcare to stand in the cold. My job is actually ok but I know others are suffering.
Feeling guilty now , anyone in same boat ?

I'm on mat leave but I wouldn't strike. I work on nicu, I couldn't do it to our little patients.

Yea I feel it's unfair for the patients too. Although the care is so bad in the acute areas right now.

I know a number of nurses who voted to strike because they wanted to enable colleagues who wanted to to do so, none that I’m close to are actually striking themselves despite how they voted.

Do you think everyone else wants to strike ? So you let the government win ?You won't knock back the pay rise if those that strike win though will you ? And as for being concerned about patients . Do you think everyone isn't? Not standing up to this government? Aye that will help the patients alot . There are always scabs but most will stand firm. Standing together is the only way.

Was there not a hardship fund you could access?

It's 50 pounds it doesn't even cover the childcare I do compressed hours so I would be down 20 hours pay. It's just not doable right now.

I assume you’ll be declining any pay rises or benefits resulting from strike action?

These hoped for pay rises won't help me pay the gas bill this month. And there is no guarantee of anything from this truely awful government

that’s not what I asked

To answer your question of course not.

The moral highground is great but if its the difference between feeding the kids and not you can keep the high ground and ill feed my kids it's people shouting scab that will stop people supporting you.

You think the rest of us aren't struggling ? The government relies on scabbing to break the strike and nothing is won. So they continue to use our labour , treat patients like dirt and reduce our NHS to a crumbling service . Nothing changes. It's not the moral high ground. It is called solidarity and the only way we can make change with this government. For our sakes, our families and our patients

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thought not. as long as you’re not inconvenienced to get these benefits eh 🙄

@ringneck yeah sure Tory HQ

We are all going to be miserable anyway if nobody wants to work as a nurse any more because it doesn't pay enough.

That's not my motivation for not striking that's completely besides the point.
The reasons I am not striking are :

1. Cashflow ( ie this month ) - 20 hours is a large chunk for someone who only works 27 hours a week.

And of course I'll accept a payrise

The reprogramming of society that resulted in holiday entitlements, maternity pay and H&S at work? Stuff like that right?

I think there is a reason you feel guilty and only you can decide what you need to do. You will probably feel guilty whatever you do ... either to your striking colleagues or to you family when your income is down, or your patients if you aren't at work. Its lose-lose really.

I hope you're going to have the decency to leave your union at least. You'll save the union subs won't you? I wouldn't want to represent you in any employment dispute you might encounter if I were your union rep.

People are seeking higher paying jobs and leaving.. hence the reason for the strike. There is a huge shortage of nurses, people are leaving or have left already for better pay.

In fact I wouldn't want to work with or communicate beyond the minimum necessary with a strike breaker either.

If all nurses followed your advice, the health service would be (even more) f**ked.

I'm a social worker, not a nurse, and I'm prepared to strike. Our pay, like that of nurses, has dropped by 25% in real terms since 2010. I'm now management level, so am not personally unable to afford to heat my house, but I can see junior colleagues who are overworked and severely underpaid.

Telling those of us in vocational jobs to look for higher paid work is just ignorant.