• berkeleyblue@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not much up to date with UK politics but striking Doctors sounds a bit irresponsible. I totaly get the need for fair compensation and they should totally get that, no question, but is it a good idea to strike in the health industry? There have to be better options, no? Or maybe I‘m just uninformed but this sounds like it’s puting peoples health at risk, which feels wrong to me.

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      1 year ago

      As far as I’m aware, doctors striking typically works differently than most other labor. They usually have a certain number of doctors in rotation working to take care of crticial things. Non-critical operation gets delayed indefinitely though.

      Just like the rail worker strike in the US, my opinion is that if some people are that critical that anyone thinks they shouldn’t strike, their employers shouldn’t let it get to that point. Preferably the employees would have democratic control of the company so it never becomes an issue, but that’s not going to happen anytime soon. Anyway, the company is responsible for strikes happening, not the workers.