Thread by @tkatsumi06j

Before COVID, the #Aichi @irouren nurses were able to express their frustrations like any other worker. Now under the #StateofEmergency, they will not walk but just hold a presser and engage the social media. #看護の日
#看護は自己犠牲じゃない

Leading up to the presser, @irouren & labor unions nationwide unleashed a fierce SNS campaign expressing the anger & frustration of the nurses on the field, gathering almost 0.5M tweets to date. This nurse exclaimed, “WE ARE NOT DISPOSABLE PAWNS!” #看護は自己犠牲じゃない

https://twitter.com/irouren/status/1387276436285784064

But despite the fierce protest, the Japan Nursing Association reportedly succumbed to the demands of the #Tokyo2020 organizers to ‘secure’ 500 nurses for the Games. #Aichi @irouren have rejected saying, “It is unimaginable: one sick-leave is rendering our operation useless!”

https://twitter.com/irouren/status/1387287908088901632

#Aichi @irouren along with other local unions have conducted a 1500-member survey and concluded that the nurses on the ground have “reached their limits” and that they need “more staffing and wage increases” in order to “save the residents’ lives and protect their health.”

The government failed to respond. So on May 12, 2021 on #InternationalNursesDay, @irouren took the last stand to hold a presser with a statement to the GoJ, outlining the immediate need from the nurses & other essential workers on the ground to #SaveLivesNotTheOlympics. #看護の日

https://twitter.com/tkatsumi06j/status/1392398724026945539

Here are some of the tweets from union & other members posted on #看護の日 or #InternationalNursesDay:

#Aichi @irouren

https://twitter.com/tkatsumi06j/status/1392352171333586946

#Osaka Pref. workers union:

https://twitter.com/tkatsumi06j/status/1392472214713245696

#Chiba health workers union:

https://twitter.com/tkatsumi06j/status/1392479103446491143

#Hokkaido health workers union @doirouren :

https://twitter.com/tkatsumi06j/status/1392417162644508678

And even national social workers unions:

https://twitter.com/tkatsumi06j/status/1392463879679008773

The all-encompassing union @zenroren also took part, standing in support of the Hokkaido @doirouren nurses who are saying, “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. #看護は自己犠牲じゃない NURSING IS NOT SELF-SACRIFICE!”

https://twitter.com/zenroren/status/1391254570492329991

So all the SNS demonstrations leading up to May 12, 2021 #NursesDay was NOT ONLY supported by the nurses on the ground, BUT doctors, social workers and laborers of all sorts. It was a NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION against the Olympic-driven government saying #SaveLivesNotTheOlympics.

And they are not giving up. They will continue to raise their voices.
And I shall continue to stand in their support.

#看護師の五輪派遣は困ります
#看護師の五輪派遣に反対します
#看護師に定期PCR検査もせず五輪かよ
#100日後に一揆する看護師
#オリンピックではなく命を守れ

https://twitter.com/irouren/status/1392657110324826112

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