A terrific wave of strike ballot activity has swept over British industries from the health service, railways, road maintenance, the Royal Mail, baggage handlers, driving instructors to the border force and likely more in the next year. The Cabinet Office, in a series of emergency meetings, has ordered British Army
  • @redtea@lemmygrad.ml
    8•1 year ago

    British Army personnel to begin training to replace ambulance workers who are striking from Dec 21st-28th, despite union guarantees of the required emergency coverage…

    I mean, I’d rather soldiers provided emergency services, but not to break strikes. Fortunately for the strikers but unfortunately for the global south, this is just a publicity stunt. Either that or it will backfire terribly when it becomes clear that two days of training does not turn someone trained to kill into a parametric. It’s also telling that these soldiers did not already have significant basic medical training.

  • @KiwiProle@lemmygrad.ml
    3•1 year ago

    God I hope they have the sense to be using army medics and doctors to fill paramedic roles. I ain’t one for this bullshit, but man I don’t wanna see people die cos UK refuses to recognise they people need to be able to afford to eat