This is the first time nurses have gone on strike in British Columbia since 1989, and the first province-wide nursing strike anywhere in Canada since nurses in Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador went on strike in 1999.
“I’m not optimistic” should be the tagline for the 2020s.
In fact, it’s getting to the point where “I’m not optimistic” is actually a pretty optimistic position to take
Good for them
I’m sure that new pipeline is gonna help contribute towards hiring of housekeeping/maintenance staff who should take care of non-nursing duties. You know, after it’s all done and billions are spent on it and it’s generating income for…anyway, no strikes allowed for any governmental/provincial employees soonTM
With the caveats, that I’d prefer no one gets to get hurt cause of this. I’d kind of like to see them go on strike in ontario. I’d love to see Doug Ford to get refused service (he’d probably just use all the money he’s stolen to purchase healthcare in the states though).
I think they have to be careful. During these tough times it would not be difficult to lose the moral High ground and piss the public off.
But I think that they’re mentally revisiting 1999, where we had an outgoing NDP government and the union was able to negotiate a sweet deal because the NDP of the day was trying to win points to salvage their chances.
We will see but I don’t think this is the right time for anybody to be excessively unreasonable that’s for sure
