RCN Confidence Dented.
My sympathy for the nurses and their strike action was severely dented this week- end when I read the results of the ballot on the rejection of the latest pay offer.
The result is listed at 54% rejected, 46% accepted on a turnout of 61%. This means that nurses as a whole voted as follows, 33% rejected, 28% accepted and 39% could not be bothered to express an opinion.
How can the RCN claim that this is a fair representation of nurses opinion?.
Far more likely IMO to be the political motivation of the left wing leadership which it's self is under question by it's own membership.
Surely it is time that legislation was introduced to ensure that votes of this sort are made to reflect the true opinions of any of the Trade Unions members.
The result is listed at 54% rejected, 46% accepted on a turnout of 61%. This means that nurses as a whole voted as follows, 33% rejected, 28% accepted and 39% could not be bothered to express an opinion.
How can the RCN claim that this is a fair representation of nurses opinion?.
Far more likely IMO to be the political motivation of the left wing leadership which it's self is under question by it's own membership.
Surely it is time that legislation was introduced to ensure that votes of this sort are made to reflect the true opinions of any of the Trade Unions members.
