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How come us Nurses did not get hazard pay for working during the pandemic? (lemmy.world)
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[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

From what I could see, nurses were pushed to work in hazardous conditions as "heroes" and "essential". A cohort left because the risk/reward was bad in a situation where supply/demand was low, some then got huge pay bumps to be travel nurses. In short: capital interests exploited nurses willing to work for non-monetary compensation (e.g. clapping, their own sense of compassion, etc). The nurses willing to demand more pay generally got it