Albert shouted down
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THE TUC's regional days of action ended on a high note in Scotland on October 20.
At a 2500-strong rally in Glasgow, Albert Spanswick was forced to sit down half way through his speech by angry health workers chanting 'All out, all out!' Speaker after speaker from the floor also demand. ed an all-out strike with emergency cover, and Spanswick was visibly shaken. Glasgow health shop stewards met on Friday 22nd and decided to organise an allScotland shop stewards' conference.
In Edinburgh, a much smaller rally (200 strong) only came to life when NÚPE assistant general secretary Tom Sawyer made a call from the platform for an all-out strike.
The Royal Edinburgh Hospital Joint Shop Stewards' Committee is pressurising the official Lothian Joint Trade Union Committee to call a local health shop stewards' conference.
Most health workers had not much enthusiasm for yet another one-day action. But they came out in order to make sure that the union leaders would have no loopholes to escape from the oressure tor extended action. Fred Hessler rrea nessier FEW TEARS were shed when it was revealed that the financial crisis at Gay News might mean the company car had to be sold.
Nor were they sehd when owner Robert Palmer told breakdowns before ing this figure.
Meanwhile, Gay News is appearing at 40 pages, instead of the usual 52, as overtime has been cut.
At a meeting on Monday, and NGA - will press for alternatives to redundancy and management will press for redundancies to be implemented.
Whatever happens, working on Gay News will seven worker-directors on the Board have been removed, leaving a Board of two, the owner and a of two - the owner and the company secretary/finance manager.