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day dinner time at Hudders local Labour prospective field Royal Infirmary, which parliamentary candidates I'll be speaking at. On Wed- and the Trades Council, too, nesday, we'll be taking large as well as the rest of the numbers down to London left. And we're putting We've widened out the ors to support the campaign committee recently to and come on the picket The Government says that district health authorities must pay f67 million towards the cost of the present offer. That could mean the loss of 12,000 jobs or cuts and closures of The cost of the Falklands war will be paid for out of the treasury contingency fund. We shop stewards, and we have Health Workers Solidarity Campaign posters up in all the hospitals.

We've done fund-raising too. We're getting sizeable cheques - £200 or so -from trade union branches; we've run a disco, and I'm doing a sponsored walk on the Pennine Way.

We've drawn in a lot of support. When the NUR came out on strike, we were down on their picket lines with nurses and ancillary staff at 6am on the Monday. The NUR sends a delegate to the committee: so do the shop stewards committee at ICI (the biggest factory in Huddersfield), AUEW (David Browns), NALGO (local government), UCATT, and the POEU. pressure on Labour councilian improved offer cuts and closures.

Current Offer Net

basic offer deductions 59.05 3.54 £1.48 63.10 4.73 £2.14 82.54 4.95 £2.13 85.34 6.40 £2.89 60.77 3.64 £1.52 La NUPE NALCO NUPE UC SOCAT TCWU UCATT STRENCTH UNITTY STRENGI We back ASLEF Salford Health Authority Joint Shop Stewards' Comm ittee.

TRAIN DRIVERS were struggling for the continued existence of their union, ASLEF.

There is no doubt that health workers should be right behind the ASLEF members' fight. The Tories' success against ASLEF will make our own fight that much harder to win.

In Manchester, hospital workers had already been down to drivers' picket lines and mass meetings. On Friday 9th, the Salford Health Authority joint shop stewards' committee organised a public meeting for solidarity with the health workers, and several ASLEF members attended.

An ASLEF member explained about flexible rosters and the wider issues at stake, and many of the platform speakers stressed the importance of linking the struggles of health workers and drivers, and nearly £40 was collected for the ASLEF strike fund. SUMS ORD HS -783 spinning out their pay campaign for months, and after the big day of action on June 23 they actually slowed the tempo still further, postponing all further action for nearly a month.

All-out strike Although NUPE has called for an all-out strike (with emergency cover) this week, COHSE officials have been campaigning against all-out action, insisting instead on selective tactics. everything there will be a big turnout by both health workers and others this week.

It needs to be followed by continued action where possible, and demands for the unions to call an all-out indefinite strike with emergency cover under workers' control. Backed with solidarity from other unions -which has been shown to be available if worked for -such action can still win the health workers' 12% claim.

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