THE HEALTH workers' dispute is to be stepped emergency services will be provided.
This is a step forward, but it is still not enough.
The government is deterBolstered victory ASLEF UYCI tends to inflict ILOW blow on ine trade unions Government reasoning that the trade unions must be taught that they cannot win. The Tories also in tend to hack chunks out of NHS, some services are to disappear altogether, be handed over to private contractors. governin defeating the health HOLACIS.
This therefore struggle which the working class can ill afford to lose.
Socialist Challenge 30 July 1982 Both the defence of the general trade union movement and the NHS Is al Slake. Need Inside the NHS, more ettective and bling acuon needed. Continuous, selective strikes must be in. troduced scalC. this is already the case. Workers in the stores. the central sterile supply unit and so on, have via a levy paid by their fellow workers been strike everv dav. anese actions La devastating effect LIC •Tullling the hospitals, reducing them South Wales NH$ strikers clap miners giving solidarity page f to accident and emergency levels only.
type of action be taken up right to finance these workers got trom the na tional health unions and by collections among all workers organised by the as well as a levy on an edua workers.
Of course this action is not a substitute ior. alternative to the 5-day accalled August. must be prelude to the 5 days of action and if need be this action must continue following the 5-day strike.
support giver the health workers by miners, dockers, see workers and other has been cellent. But it has not been coordinated by the TUC who Have restricted themselves to 'encouraging' sympathetic action. All the forces of the labour movement must be brought behind the 12 per claim. A start to this would demonstration called by the health unions This should be held on Friday 13 August and the TUC should call on all affiliated unions to GOWa that day and march with the health WUIKCS.
Step Only the tardiness of the national health unions and the failure of the TUC organise action behind the health workers vall hand victory to the Tory government.
Step up the action: All out on 13 'August. Southampton health demonstration SHEFFIELD HEALTH workers made sure that general Albert outroLary Spanswick was made aware of their dissatisfaction with his leadership of the 12 per workers brought to halt a meeting in Shef. field City; Hall demandin the rato peal.
rally was disrupted for ten minutes when a group of workers marched up the line-up of speakers and union officials, demanding the right to speak. Afte: messie protests, 1vuis shop steward Moirs Hospital was allowed to take the platform Moira's spottaboous speoch deman ding that the unic leaders atop putting for •argumente for the case' and ger on what is going to happen here received a standing ova tion. She told Spanswick that 'majority hospital out indefinite strike was the only way to win the claim'.
When Spanswick got up to speak he was heckled and the hall which previously held 2000 aimos emptied as people turn. ed their backs on him and walked out.
•CEn during the three-day action, secondary picketing by health workers brought refuse collectors out in sympathy This has driven the local Tory ci ty council into a frenzy and its personnel com. mittee ESCUSSCO pro. hospital to emergency services only.
The Southampton Labour Party has been door-to-door urging support for the strike and is also raising finance.
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up. Starting on Monday 9 August, the TUC has called for a 5-day strike, although in that period
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