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Streating: the strike of resident doctors undermines the union movement

Peter Walker

As we mentioned earlier, Wes Streting Health Secretary has made the strike of resident doctors “undermined the entire union movement a lot”.

In an article for The Guardian, the Secretary of Health said that the British Medical Association (BMA) decision to put pressure for new strikes in England immediately after receiving a 22% salary increase to cover 2023-24 and 2024-25 is unreasonable and unprecedented.

Trusting the leaders of the BMA, which represents the doctors formerly known under the name of junior doctors, Street condemns their request for a new increase of 29% in the coming years. He says that even if there was a 90% support for the strike, it was on a participation of just over 55% of the members.

Stuting says that the strike decision after the supply of a salary increase of 5.4% for 2025-26, was precipitated and is “bitterly disappointing” in the midst of efforts to improve the services of the NHS.

He writes:

There was an agreement here to do. Instead, the BMA management decision not to consider postponing these strikes will grant a huge burden on their colleagues and will reach the recovery that we can all see our health service.

Not only does that, he undermines the entire union movement a lot. No union of British history has seen its members receive such a strong salary increase to respond immediately with strikes – even when a majority of their members have not even voted to strike. This action is unprecedented and it is unreasonable.

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