Thank you, we're leaving

This is the name of a campaign being run by the doctors union in the Czech Republic. The campaign, like all union campaigns are for better wages. Understandably so. In the Czech doctors, even when working overtime, can expect to gross about $2000US a month. While this is enough to support a pay check to pay check style life with a tiny bit of savings (if you don't play, travel or buy toys) this is but a pittance compared to the costs of education, responsibility and regulations that doctors must procure. So the campaign, where doctors across the country, and en masse, are handing in their letters of resignation. On March 1st of this year, Czech Republic will find itself suddenly squeezed for doctors. Unless the government does something about the salary of doctors. While it seems like a very effective way to get the government to listen up, isn't this kind of hostage taking some what contrary to a doctor's calling in life? The "Thank you, we're leaving" campaign is basically taking patients as hostages in a fight against the government. This is an ugly and dangerous precedent. Although it seems that the government is not to concerned with the pirate doctors' threat I wonder how relations can be repaired and these honorable men and women who help save, maintain and improve the quality of life for some many individuals can find the recompense they deserve.