‘We Are The Working Poor’: Hospital Staff Highlight Cost Of Living On Picket Line

🗣️ “[The government] have their big salaries – we haven’t.”

Hundreds of staff at Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore have joined the nationwide public sector pay strike, speaking about the cost of living pressures behind their decision to take to the picket lines.

Healthcare workers and staff across the country are taking part in the 24-hour stoppage, which has led to the cancellation of more than 150,000 non-urgent hospital appointments.

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