NHS: don't cry, оссиру!
Socialist Organiser1983 1983-10-20Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 15 →
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THE THORNTON View hospital occupation and work-in in Bradford is still strong.
It needs to be. In this most difficult of arenas in which to take industrial action, the staff are operating genuine workers' control.
In a period of onslaught and pessimism, Thornton View hospital is an example to us all.
By working in the staff are running the hospital themselves to the very highest of standards. The support group, drawn from friends, relatives and other organisations, runs the support system and supporting action. Such a solid front cannot allow the press to drive in the wedge of guilt. between staff and patient care.
This mutual support is to be the key to success in other Health Service stands = health workers must have the active support and participation of other trade unions, labour movement organisations and community bodies.
Success at Thornton View depends now on:
• Turning paper support into yet more active participation in the occupation itself, • Committing other health workers and non-health unions to pledge strike/disruptive action, in the form of a threat should the Health Authority plan eviction.
Active support and firm commitments must be secured now so that the Authority is faced with the prospect of Bradford grinding to a halt.
The NHS is our service and we need it. It is up to us all to defend and extend it in united action.
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