Nurse's Possible Strike Action
Surely we must all agree that nurses should be well rewarded for their dedication to what is a demanding, skilful, often stressful and unpleasant, job
With that in mind, any pay demands that are legitimately made should be sympathetically considered without the necessity of driving them to possible strike action.
However having said that, in a recent article, I came across some very interesting facts concerning the Royal College of Nursing’s proposal for strike action, which I list below.
Fact 1. The RCN has just topped up its war chest by £15 million to a total of £50million, one wonders where all this money comes from.
Fact 2. RCN claim that nurse’s pay has dropped by 20% in real terms since 2010 and are seeking a 17% pay rise. The TUC’s figures say that those on £70.50 to £102 per day their pay is down by 1% and the lowest paid have had an increase of 5% since 2010. ( I find the TUC figures hard to believe)
Fact 3 Of the 215 NHS Trusts only 102 voted for strike action, hardly a majority.
Fact 4 RCN accounts show that it’s wage bill for last year were £48.1 million a 6% increase on the £45.3 million on the previous year.
Fact 5 Dame Donna Kinnair, former boss of RCN, her remuneration rose from £197k to £242k, more than 6 times the average wage of a nurse.
Assuming that the money involved comes from hard working nurse’s union dues, are the nurses getting value for money?.
I have formed my own opinion regarding these facts but would welcome member’s opinions on the subject, particularly those with inside knowledge of the workings of trade unions..
With that in mind, any pay demands that are legitimately made should be sympathetically considered without the necessity of driving them to possible strike action.
However having said that, in a recent article, I came across some very interesting facts concerning the Royal College of Nursing’s proposal for strike action, which I list below.
Fact 1. The RCN has just topped up its war chest by £15 million to a total of £50million, one wonders where all this money comes from.
Fact 2. RCN claim that nurse’s pay has dropped by 20% in real terms since 2010 and are seeking a 17% pay rise. The TUC’s figures say that those on £70.50 to £102 per day their pay is down by 1% and the lowest paid have had an increase of 5% since 2010. ( I find the TUC figures hard to believe)
Fact 3 Of the 215 NHS Trusts only 102 voted for strike action, hardly a majority.
Fact 4 RCN accounts show that it’s wage bill for last year were £48.1 million a 6% increase on the £45.3 million on the previous year.
Fact 5 Dame Donna Kinnair, former boss of RCN, her remuneration rose from £197k to £242k, more than 6 times the average wage of a nurse.
Assuming that the money involved comes from hard working nurse’s union dues, are the nurses getting value for money?.
I have formed my own opinion regarding these facts but would welcome member’s opinions on the subject, particularly those with inside knowledge of the workings of trade unions..
