Last chance for NHS pay fight
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And in the statement from Broad Left (Group 81) candidate Andrea Campbell comes a bold call for an indefinite strike.
"Many of us argued from the beginning of the pay campaign and at Annual Conference in June for indefinite strike action with emergency cover only. We believe that, had we taken that step, then, with supporting strike action, we would have won by now.
"By the end there can be very few who will not agree that indefinite action is the only tactic that will win. Delegates to Conference were misled and pressurised by the whole leadership and voted against it. Five months later we are still fighting"
It was Andrea Campbell who moved the resolution for an all out strike at the June conference. On December 14 CoHSE is holding a special recall conference to decide on the current two-year pay offer, just before the TUC Health Service Committee meeting on December 15..
Andrea Campbell explains:
''This year's pay dispute anions and all groups of workers. Unity is essential strong leadership.
ISLINGTON S.O.
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