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Jonny Denfhy is a junior doctor in East London interested in worker movements and cooperatives.
Junior doctors have spent the last decade face-to-face with the devastating effects of poverty and austerity on public health, while their own pay has dropped by up to 30% – and they know we can’t go on like this any longer.
Since 2008, junior doctors in the NHS have seen their real-terms pay drop by up to 30%. After working hard through the pandemic, many feel it’s time to fight for better.
As part of its Community Wealth Building agenda, Islington is launching a new scheme to kickstart the borough’s co-operative economy – and put power back in workers’ hands.