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What do you think of the public sector strike on Wed 30th ??
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<blockquote data-quote="Ali" data-source="post: 232743" data-attributes="member: 3719"><p>I'm not sure how I feel about it all, but my husband is a paramedic and when he started the job 6 years ago, he signed a contract with the London Ambulance Service setting out the terms and conditions of his employment. Since then he has had his pension reduced, his working hours increased and the amount of calls in any given shift is about 3 times highter that it used to be.</p><p></p><p>When he joined, LAS staff nearing retirement were put on special ambulances that did the urgent rather than emergency jobs because it was recognised that it is harder for a 65 year old to run up 15 flights of stairs or carry a heavy patient. This policy has now been removed. The retirement age of LAS front line staff is now 67 and up until the day they retire, they are expected to do the same job as a 20 year old. If they can not do this, they can be kicked out because they are no longer competant.</p><p></p><p>I don't have a big problemn with this in theory, it's just that 6 years ago he and the LAS agreed what he would do for his money and he has upheld his side of the agreement and they have constantly erroded the pay and conditions they supply.</p><p></p><p>Having said all this, he isn't striking because he doesn't think that any of this should have an impact on the patients.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ali, post: 232743, member: 3719"] I'm not sure how I feel about it all, but my husband is a paramedic and when he started the job 6 years ago, he signed a contract with the London Ambulance Service setting out the terms and conditions of his employment. Since then he has had his pension reduced, his working hours increased and the amount of calls in any given shift is about 3 times highter that it used to be. When he joined, LAS staff nearing retirement were put on special ambulances that did the urgent rather than emergency jobs because it was recognised that it is harder for a 65 year old to run up 15 flights of stairs or carry a heavy patient. This policy has now been removed. The retirement age of LAS front line staff is now 67 and up until the day they retire, they are expected to do the same job as a 20 year old. If they can not do this, they can be kicked out because they are no longer competant. I don't have a big problemn with this in theory, it's just that 6 years ago he and the LAS agreed what he would do for his money and he has upheld his side of the agreement and they have constantly erroded the pay and conditions they supply. Having said all this, he isn't striking because he doesn't think that any of this should have an impact on the patients. [/QUOTE]
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