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The withdrawal of one’s labour is a human right but for health
workers that may be trumped by a greater
human duty of care.
If a group,like healthworkers, forgo the right to strike then
they have to be protected against abuse by
some independent authority to ensure their rewards are adequate and
their working week is compatible with health and safety for themselves
and those for whom they care.
An owner has a right to close down his business but health
organisations too have a duty of care and to
stay open 24 hours a day despite…..
Some of the usual rules of engagement do not apply, There is
much greater pressure to make progress, to
keep some sort of service going and to compromise in Health Management.
Quite often there is a lot of posturing for the benefit of the
media, the threat of strike, the work to rule, the
partial removal of service; but great efforts are
made not to lose public sympathy. These tactics are often
effective,particularly when nurses who are always presented as”angels of
mercy” demand more pay from Governments!
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