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Singleton Hospital was also able to send women to support other nickers mine area such as the one to Mor1slul Hospital. Here there WaS support amone LIlC membership for the nationally called strike action but due to weak anu uliccrlall Icauclship from union officials the hospital had actually aeamst slokle. il was LIc: 0llly hospital in the entire county not to strike.
The DICKel which had CONFIDENTIAL memo circulated to officers presumably other departments dated 14 July 1982 referring to the TUC call for general support for the health service unions on 19 to 21 with simply by stoppage of pay but it has now been decided for all departments, that if it occurs in furtherance of a dispute outside the to disciplinary proceedings.' work appear rule could include going on demonstrations political activity. WEST GLAMORGAN hospital and health workers with only one exception decided to take strike action in support for their pay claim. In Neath there were emergency services only and Neath General Hospital was picketed by 170 workers from NUPE, NALGO, ASTMS and T&G. In Swansea there were strong pickets at all the hospitals. The main hospital Singleton provided emergency cover only and a picket which began at bam ensured that any blacklegs would be unable to go into work unobservrepresentatives from NUPE and ASTMS persuaded postal services and non essential supplies to respect the picket line.
Coilc hospital, VIOWO l reasanl steward rwwn Jones saio toe porters and kitchen staff had Occil determined LaKC ll dustrial action. The hospitals domestics also were on strike. cclllld. Clinic LWU speech therapists, both members of ASTMS staged a oIcKeL wuich scvelal oi lici colleagues mostly office staff in charge of all Inland Revenue offices and July. It states 'Hitherto unauthorised absence for industrial action has normally been dealt civil service, staff will in future also be liable Management has been asked to notify immediately any staff who either take absence committed breaches of the rules of conduct. This last or pickets, since tens of thousands of civil servants are restricted from engaging in any ane members oI NAru and the post office refused to Amoulance arvers mn uoe county were responding only cases. The binclseucy oreakine or wne rau sulke nas convinced many health workers of the need for supDOTT Irom une trade umons and members of the labour movement. West Glamorgan. the NHS strike supernealers WOIKS public transport and NUM Brynlliew, all of which had representalive on une oickel line. addition the bus have decided on an mul s slovbaze l syllloally.
On Wednesday JuLY there was a rally callea by NUPE. Representatives from omner unions as well as Irom the womens movement and labour Dectee to aureno.
A hard life A spokesperson complained last Friday:
Our minds are so heavily concentrated on the rail dispute we'd almost forgotten there was a healthworkers dispute.
For the overworked bureaucrats at the TUC, selling down the river was obexnausung business, which has Hn ConL that the NHS unions have to wait before the TUC leaders could concentrate their minds how to sell them out!
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