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George Walker is a freelance journalist who writes on politics, culture, and philosophy.
Nurses were clapped and called ‘heroes’ during Covid, only to be slapped with a real-terms pay cut by the government. Now they are fighting back – and many are prepared to take to the picket lines.
Workers at St Monica’s care homes in Bristol and the South West are striking against fire and rehire. If they win, it could galvanise action across the care sector – and after the pandemic, care workers urgently need change.