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PRESS Lairds shipyard stopped an hour early, and some workers took the whole day off. On the demonstration in Liverpool there were banners from Ford, Vauxhall, the buses, council workers, and direct works, as well as Lairds.

The bulk of the five or six thousand strong demonstration was health workers, with a lot of nurses, and the mood was militant despite heavy rain.

Nearly all hospitals in the area took action.

On Tuesday nearly five thousand health workers marched through Newcastle and Gateshead. In the pouring rain they passed by pickets at hospitals throughout the city, ending JOHN HARRIS SCOTLAND. The Scottish Region of CoHSE is calling for a recall national conference the union to consider the policy of all-out strike. Last Thursday's regional council meeting passed a resolution supporting Jim Tolton, the Leicester AUEW steward sacked for supporting OXFORD: The regional strike day is the same as London's, and this will help strengthen it. The Trades Council is organising an open meeting of the Executive this Friday to draw in representatives of those who took action last time and build up support. COVENTRY: Officially local hospitals are on accident and emergency only, but this is a farce. COVENTRY hospitals Joint Shop Stewards' Committee passed the following motion on Monday October 4.

"We call on the TUC Health Services Committee to immediately call a national conference of local coordinating committees to review the strategy for successfully pursuing the 12% claim".

We have made this call because feeling is increasing that to win this dispute the TUC must call an indefinite strike. As the TUC have dragged their feet on calling action, we feel that it is time the coordinating committees were able to voice their opinion.

Julia Redman Scrap the warships the health w workers - mail Sun THE

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