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tally during supper. But the main complaint is that we're reated like shit - lots of petty rules, no recognition o low hard we work, treated like kides although we ar dealing with life and death. We like nursing but not the conditions or the money.
How did the struggle start in this hsopital? What sparked it off was the TV programmes on agency nurses, which really brought home to a lot of us how conditions are deteriorating. The problem is that the struggle stems from a few individuals who've either worked outside nursing or are otherwise aware of how badly off we are, The others are content to leaveit to the activists and say they didn't come into nursing for the money. Only about 75 out of 400 hundred attended the meetings Nurses are not union minded and the FOR TUDENT