An Opinion

Funilly enough, my friend sent me her opinion and the link to the article I already posted on without having seen it. So here is her opinion. Thanks Shivs

If you have chosen to be a nurse, you have decided to help the sick, to aid them in healing or to relieve their pain in dying, if it is so easy to "switch" from that respect to demanding that people who are in emergency situations must negotiate their ways through picket lines, then should you really and truly be in this job at all. The stories about this strike just sadden me.

Do I believe that nurses, doctors, teachers and the police deserve a decent wage - absolutely, do they receive it, probably not. Should they disrespect those colleagues who do believe in the sanctity of life or the importance of education - not one bit. I've heard it said on the radio - the nurses and teachers that are striking, threatening etc, are those who probably don't do their job properly as it is - we should make is so much harder to become a nurse or a teacher in this country, we should make them professions that are widely respected, where it is an honour to say you're a teacher or you're a nurse, even if they are not the highest paid, they are important, vital to this country's development and they should feel that need, even if it can't all come in monetary form.

Such a complex issue, the civil servants have a point, but they are losing support hard and fast due to their actions and disrespect, if they want support and respect they need to rethink their strategy.