After reading this article, I was a little bit surprised. And I wondered how could the British government do a rather questionable action. The nurses threaten to strike because they were not satisfied regarding the raise of payment which was not enough for them. The government went as far as raised the payment for the nurse below the inflation. And the nurses also threaten to leave their job due to the inadequate payment.
From my point of view, the British government did a quite unusual thing. It's not that the decision was bad or anything, but I just couldn't find any reason for this particular action. The nurses certainly worked very hard to serve the country, the community and moreover they worked hard to save peoples’ life, and I think this decision was not fair for them. They already serve and put a lot of effort to help the community and they actually deserve something more than below-inflation pay rise.
The government also disappoints the nurses who will then either lower their productivity, or worse make them quit their current nurse job to look for a job with a better payment. Some people might work for their own vision, goal, or maybe they have their own motivation to help people in need and do it wholeheartedly, but then how could they afford their life with so minute payment from their main job. And even, the largest health union opposed this decision. Then again this was not the first time that this kind of situation happened, which I quote, “Every time we get a pay increase it actually acts as a pay cut”.
The government said that this decision was made to help the economic growth overall, but this supposedly not the only way to improve their economic growth. It's quite reasonable to reduce some subsidy or not rising so much payment for the workers as a means to improve economy, but it's still not fair to put the workers under pressure and paid them so low that it’s barely enough for them to pay their needs as if the government didn't care about their effort. I think the government should try to find another way to improve their economic growth, rather than make their own people suffer the loss.
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This is meant for response on alcoholism: I'm afraid your work is unedited, and with careless language. Content-wise, there's really nothing much you are saying, is there? Also, why is your response dated 18/5, referring to an article that's dated 24/5?
Well said.
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