OVER 2,000 miners Maltby, Dinnington, BARRON, Yorkshire NUM Maltby.
At Rotherham Trades Council on Tuesday night we had a report trom local nurses about their fight for 12 ber Coll. They told us that they would like to visit pits and factories IO get support. So 1 invited them to come to Maltby on Wednesday morning.
organised a meeting in the canteen for them to put their case. whe wiev were addressing the meeting management called the police to have them removed from which really got everyone's backs up -police left before the meeting ended.
The support for the nurses was Iw per CenT all 300 men present voted to stop work for the day.
But they didn't all just leave and go home, 30 odd went with the nurses to help with picketing and with support elsewhere.
Following our meeting 2000 rally in Edinburgh THERE was massive the Edinburgh area for the NHS day strike Wednesday. However when two thousand Nho workers rallea al the Caley cinema they ook no time at showin‹ heir anger at the TUC SPECIAL OFFER each 12 month inland Socialist Challenge we are offering a free copy l of Nicaragua: The Sandinist Revolution by Henri Weber (normal price f2.95) or Autobiography of Malcolm X Subscription rates:
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Printed By East End Offset (TU) Ltd, London E2 from four pits in the Rotherham area took strike action in support of the health workers day of action on 19 May. The stoppage came after nurses leafletted the day shifts and addressed mass meetings at Thurcroft, and SilverNACODS, (National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfires), also met and Both the afternoon and day shifts followed suit and took strike action. The strong backing for the health workers in this present dispute follows on their struggle 1974, when we also came out on strike in support.
understand the position that the nurses are Our industry has been subjected to cash limits by this government. Cane nurses are having a settlewhich would mean just 69p per week extra in some cases. So much for the Tories not having a pay policy, and allowing free bargaining. So the health workers have got all our sympathy and support, as we know they can't engage in all-out action.
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wood colleries. Clive Turnbull spoke to KEVIN delegate