Out on the picket at Rosebery Avenue Authority Headquarters in London on the first day of the strike, candidate for Islington South who had brought a solidarity message.
Chris told us: "I.have come so show my solidarity the wult worker treated them appallingly. They deserve a living wage and they should be treated no differently to the gas and electricity workers who have won a wage rise.
I hope that the trade union movement will show health workers. The Labour Party leaders, and the National Executive of the Labour Party should be speaking on their platforms, and the picket lines, and put questions in the House of Commons to argue the case of the water workers. *At the moment they are not saying this loudly Also on the picket line was Paddy Carroll who is an inspector at the Rosebury Avenue office. He feels that 'a lot of people will support us becuase we are bashing Thatcher. The whole trend of Thatcher's policies disturbs me and this is part of the struggle against them.' It's sad if other low paid from the action we are taking. They should take the action we are taking.
was Chris Smith, prospective parliamentary The government has same degree of support as they did with the workers can't benefit