Comments on: Peter Bailey: Striking for a duck island http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/06/06/peter-bailey-striking-for-a-duck-island/ Just another blogs.bmj.com weblog Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: onegpprotest http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/06/06/peter-bailey-striking-for-a-duck-island/#comment-15848 onegpprotest Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:18:00 +0000 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/?p=17744#comment-15848 “Where was the ballot for strike action over the Health and Social Care Bill?”

Yes!

]]> By: David Little http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/06/06/peter-bailey-striking-for-a-duck-island/#comment-15847 David Little Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:19:00 +0000 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/?p=17744#comment-15847 I would have happily taken industrial action about the H&SC bill over pensions but I’m led to believe by several sources that we couldn’t legally take IA over such an issue.

]]> By: Fotodali http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/06/06/peter-bailey-striking-for-a-duck-island/#comment-15846 Fotodali Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:42:00 +0000 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/?p=17744#comment-15846 Come on! Doctors can’t strike for non-contractual issues. Interesting that the author is retired.

]]> By: dtb200 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/06/06/peter-bailey-striking-for-a-duck-island/#comment-15845 dtb200 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:52:00 +0000 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/?p=17744#comment-15845 I totally agree – during the passage of the Health & Social Care Bill last year, I wrote to the BMA imploring them to save industrial action for fighting the Bill, not waste it on our (seemingly self-serving) pension dispute.

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