5000 HEALTH service workers from all over Scotland marched through the centre of Edinburgh on opposition to the government four per cent pay offer.
Pride of place at the head of the march was reserved for the members of the National Union of Public Employee s Hospitals branch who have been on strike for a fortnight.
A contingent of miners was also present and general secretary of the Scottish miners union explained at the following rally that pit head keep the hospital workers out.
Referring to the South Atlantic the militaristic idiots in ment who can find pounds for death but not for life.
Defence of the NHS is a class issue, he said and every unionist should support the health workers So far the Scottish TUC, TUC and union leaderships have done next to nothing in support of the Edinburgh strikers.
STUC general secretary Jim my Milne told the rally that a goirg Secretary Friday 4 May in 8435838 until South ing out until the 10th.
Eric Clarke jected an offer us. then wa strike.
Clarke attacked they'd been let parlia 'millions of trade can win the claim. delegation of trade union leaders the Tory of George Younger but had little else to offer his audience and was frequently interrupted by calls for concrete On Monday 7 June strikers at the City Hospital voted to stay out Wednesday June and strikers at the infirmary are stay The Infirmary workers also re of 45 en hour to shift the pile of three weeks dirty laundry which has accumulated 'If we do that one striker told wouldn't be on Pickets from the Infirmary said down by the na tionel union officials. They haa been hoping for some construc tive proposals for spreading in dustrial action but had heard none so far. They emphasised that the strike was now at a turning point The two Edinburgh hospitals could not stay out much longer unless other hospitals around Bri tain followed their example. Their message to the rest of the health service is that all out strike action
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