Delighted to make it down to the picket line today to support medical scientists out on strike today seeking pay parity & respect for their essential role. Thanks to Mary Deasy for speaking about the struggle at the Mercy Hospital this morning! #medicalscientists

MLSA Executive Committee has agreed to suspend industrial action tomorrow to attend exploratory talks at the Labour Court - Press Release: mlsa.ie/news/mlsa-susp…

#MedicalScientists are taking Industrial Action to resolve 20% unfilled posts, pay parity, career development and increasing demands in laboratory medicine🔬 MLSA is seeking meaningful talks with the @HSElive and Department of Health to resolve the #MedicalScientists dispute🥼

We don't want to be picketing, we want to be at work offering a world class service to all patients. #MedicalScientists MLSA
@roinneslainte @HSElive
The government's treatment of medical scientists on pay has been shameful jrnl.ie/5771680

Thank you Senator Marie Sherlock for the support you continue to show our #MedicalScientists

Suzanne Crowe (she/her) Thanks for support Suzanne of #MedicalScientists

#MedicalScientists #strike Department of Health Micheál Martin Stephen Donnelly Leo Varadkar HSE Ireland

'Strengthened the workers resolve'
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Department of Health what happens next week? And the week after next?????????? This is NOT going away

Great to stand with Grace O Mahony and our #MedicalScientists colleagues at CHI at Temple Street today Brenda Doak Mags of the Scullys MLSA #payparity

20% of positions unfilled!!!! What other field provides the excellent service that #MedicalScientists do, while working without ⅕ of the staff?????

Government could sort this with the stroke of a pen. Full solidarity with the medical scientists! #medicalscientists thejournal.ie/medical-scient…

Stopped by MLSA picket The Rotunda Hospital to express gratitude to these workers who have been an essential part of my care for over 6 years. Unsung heroes & unseen essential service deserve parity and equality NOW

Hope ALL healthcare colleagues are being 100% supportive. They should know the integral nature of the laboratory services MLSA
#MedicalScientists

21 years ago the hidden heroes of our health service who run the labs were promised pay parity.

21 years on they are still paid 8% less than others doing the same work.

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Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty raises the issue of the medical scientist strike. He said, 'medical scientists are paid 8% less than other colleagues that perform identical work in hospital labs.' | More: bit.ly/3wJQgPJ

Heard this segment and had the same thoughts… who will be doing the newborn screening- #MedicalScientists yet more tests put on us when we barely have enough staff to cover what we already do.

Can't believe we're out here for Day 2 of industrial action #MedicalScientists #equalpayforequalwork MLSA HSE Ireland @paulreidddublin Leo Varadkar Stephen Donnelly David Cullinane T.D.

Equal Pay 4 Equal Work MLSA lively determined pickets outside James Hospital

#MedicalScientists have suspended strike action tomorrow for exploratory talks. I have never been so relieved to get back to work. Well done to all the #MedicalScientists and the local strike committees in all hospitals. Hopefully these talks will be agreeable to all 🤞

2nd day of strike for Medical Scientists one of the unseen but critical steps in the patient centered service provided by clinical labs. Bio/Haem/Trans/Micro/Histo all pictured whom without, the service doesn't exist.
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