The following letter to be sent to General Jaruzelski Stewards Committee NUPE, Royal Edinburgh Hospital.
At the Joint Shop Stewards workers at the above hospital, concern was expressed at the measures taken recently by your government and mular aumontes.
declared in your country which removed many of the basic democretic rianis or workers, tarmers. students and other sections of the Polish people. Since then we have received news of widespread arrests and imprisonment of many national and local leaders of Solidarnose, the independent workers" trade union, and of similar actions taken against the organisations of farmers and students.
Britain and internationally, and reflecting the concern of our members, we condemn the measures taken by authorities, we call on you to:1) End the state of martial law. 2) Release those imprisoned since the declaration of martial law and Solidarnose and the independent student unions. 3) Remove army and security personnel from the railways, mines, dockyards and other industries. 4) Allow the re-opening of the offices of Solidarnose, Rural Solidarnose and the student unions. OBIE the suppressiou through practical recognition of the right of free speech, assembly and association and confirm ac ceptance of the Gdansk Agreements of 1981 and others made with the independent unions since TREE THIC the Polish working people are being cynically used by people like Thatcher and Reagan to make them appear concerned with democratic union rights, masking theit such as that in El Salvador which rules through armed terror. We urge you not to continue in your present course and to recognise the rights and demands of your people.
Socialist Challenge was passed by the Joint Shop of representatives of AUEW and NAGO at the December and January meetings of the Committee representing In December 1981 a state of martial law was Along with labour movement organisations in and military further attacks on Your attacks on the genuine organisations of and trade support for regimes 4 February 1982 page 10