Off Duty
1937 1937 1930s 12 pages : illustrations Why not NURSES? by negotiation. These are not noticed by the Press because don't make news. But a strike is a rare exception and is only called when the members concerned demand it. The majority of Nurses in Mental Hospitals have been in their Trade...
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London : Trades Union Congress General Council
[1937]
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1937
1930s
12 pages : illustrations
Why not NURSES? by negotiation. These are not noticed by the Press because don't make news. But a strike is a rare exception and is only called when the members concerned demand it. The majority of Nurses in Mental Hospitals have been in their Trade Union for years, but they don't go on strike. Only by joining a Trade Union can you be sure of a square deal and decent conditions. Every Commission and Committee that has investigated the conditions of the Nursing Profession since 1918 has reported that hours are too long, salaries too low, and that conditions urgently need improvement. Very little progress has been made, because Nurses haven't helped themselves. Have you ever wondered why salaries and conditions in Municipal Hospitals are getting better and better? It's because 20,000 of your colleagues, mostly in municipal service, are already in Trade Unions. Experience has taught them that it pays to organise. By joining together to help themselves they have been able to enjoy greater security and happiness in their work. Compare the nurses' service with the nurses' reward below, then ask yourself if you can afford any longer to stand outside the organisations which can help you to get fair play. [photograph of nurse] The Nurses' Trade Unions appeal for your support - so that they can support you. What the NATION does for the NURSES - Permits gross underpayment and allows inadequate feeding. Allows in many nurses' quarters overcrowding and lack of privacy which are definite menaces to health. Sweats them by excessive hours, which lead to unavoidable inefficiency. Denies them the personal liberty and freedom which the ordinary citizen demands as a right. Tolerates the continuation of niggling restrictions and stupid restraints by overbearing superiors. Permits general working and living conditions which are not tolerated in any other profession.
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| id | HEA-309_6f4a16e6e2504bb7a28411e0f5c0c7e9 |
| institution | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| is_hierarchy_title | Off Duty |
| language | English English |
| physical | TEXT |
| publishDate | [1937] |
| publisher | London : Trades Union Congress General Council |
| spellingShingle | Trades Union Congress Nurses and Health Service, 1936-1939 Health care Nurses--Salaries, etc.--Great Britain Off Duty |
| title | Off Duty |
| topic | Trades Union Congress Nurses and Health Service, 1936-1939 Health care Nurses--Salaries, etc.--Great Britain |
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