Contidence grows
Socialist Organiser1982 1982-06-03Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 3 →
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Frank Swift (NUPE) reports on the growth of confidence among health workers in Leicester.
IN Leicestershire, the Health Authority's attempts al a tough line against work-torules and one-day strikes are meeting strong resistance.
Basing itself on the DHSS circular 'If Industrial Relations Break Down', management have been, threatenine to suspend workers. stop pay, or even sack workers.
When ambulance workers took action on May 19, they said they would provide emergency cover. i Management replied that they would only pay half wages.
The ambulance workers reSponded by withdrawing all cover.
Al the Deiterer Rosal It. the Val intirmary. t'cil le they would have pay stopped, or be suspended. Lettérs also said. that the Authority would be within its rights to sack the workers.
Some sections backed down - but the cafeteria statf continued their work-to rule. When their wages were stopped, a walk-out rapidly got them their pay packets - though with 10%: docked + walknut : -Lilinn figure on the Right of the broad Left, who works consciously - and openly - to prepare the way for incomes policy under a new Labour government.
This was bad enough. Then Frank Allaun and Heffer 'dissociated' themselves from the slate.
And then alleged minutes of the May meeting were released to the press - creating a scandal and big pressure on the Left leaders to climb down from even the rather feeble attempts they were matte io organise is se:
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Socialist Organiser, Thursday 3 June 1982. Page 4