tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893847182564659255.post8645064726199087104..comments2023-11-02T13:57:16.422+02:00Comments on a lamb with no guiding light: Nurses' pay demandsArihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17741128283037566675noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893847182564659255.post-35189245225329764322007-10-20T15:47:00.000+03:002007-10-20T15:47:00.000+03:00The nurses strike is going to change the attitude ...The nurses strike is going to change the attitude to this hard working responsable body.The strike is going to cause havoc and it should.The majority of the resigning nurses are working in the most specialised areas.Finnish nurses do not go to Sweden,Norway,UK,Saudi for tradition they go for better salaries and superior working conditions.They are contracted because they are probably in the group of the worlds best nurses.If nurses are to be recruited from abroad where would they come from?Asia,ex eastern european countries.Why?Because these are the only areas where the salaries are lousier than Finland.For the future of the Finnish health system the nurses have to get this well earned rise,to stop the mass exodus,thank god the younger generation do not except the dictatorship ides of the Health Boards.sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05950353222746866280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893847182564659255.post-34217191981329166032007-10-12T20:09:00.000+03:002007-10-12T20:09:00.000+03:00Yes. The absolute numbers would be far smaller in ...Yes. The absolute numbers would be far smaller in any scenario, but a shortage of people with specific skills will hurt anyway.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, YLE had a <A HREF="http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/oikea/id72119.html" REL="nofollow">fun little snippet</A> (fi) today about Finnish health care employers trying to recruit Swedish nurses to come work in Finland. I'd imagine it isn't the easiest of sells.Arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741128283037566675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893847182564659255.post-832545422210188182007-10-10T20:45:00.000+03:002007-10-10T20:45:00.000+03:00But nurses who are going to be replaced by Phillip...But nurses who are going to be replaced by Phillipinos are a slightly different kettle of fish, no?eganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03907795141239035180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893847182564659255.post-86223076753938695542007-10-10T18:06:00.000+03:002007-10-10T18:06:00.000+03:00Going to Sweden to enjoy better salaries is a long...Going to Sweden to enjoy better salaries is a long-standing Finnish tradition; hundreds of thousands of people did it after the wars. As such, I'm not sure it would have any significant effect on attitudes toward migrant workers or the EU.Arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741128283037566675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893847182564659255.post-13289241270395155892007-10-10T01:46:00.000+03:002007-10-10T01:46:00.000+03:00I wonder how this might effect Finnish views of th...I wonder how this might effect Finnish views of the EU, if those who resign go to Sweden and enjoy better salaries and a higher standard of living. Finland can be, erm, reluctant to live up to its obligations to migrant workers, maybe the prospect of becoming a net exporter of people will force them to come to terms with it?<BR/><BR/>Or maybe they'll just become ever more eurosceptic, who knows.eganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03907795141239035180noreply@blogger.com