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Unions must organise to save the NHS
Only pertinent arguments and staff engagement in union work will deliver lasting success, writes HELEN O'CONNOR
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THE brutality of the pandemic alongside the deaths of hundreds of health workers has led to national mobilisations and a new layer of activists coming into the trade unions.
Trade unionism in the NHS has changed as the emphasis shifts towards increased member engagement and activity. A welcome departure from the dry decades of inertia and inactivity imposed by the domination of the partnership working model. Decades when both staff and patients lost so much from cuts and privatisation that went mostly unchallenged.
The wave of national strike action is a reflection of the level of the re-engagement and has been supported by NHS campaigns, patients and the public. This has put enormous pressure on the Tories who have been forced to the table to offer concessions.
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