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To join or affiliate, write io Chris Richardson, 21 ¡Devonshire Promenade, Lenton, Nottingham NG7 2DS. £5 for individuals, or for affiliated organi SEUFDEFENCE-ISIHO OFFENCEL ¡duals. £1 for unwaged. Add 50p if you want the HOSPITAL workers from Halifax General Hospital staged a oneto hear after the passage of the Tebbit Act.

hour token walk-out on Tuesday, 25th. The strike was in response to government proposals to prioritise I Calderdale's in-house hospital laundry and to hive off catering facilities.

The government has also proposed the closure of five hospital limited immunity conferred on trade unions."

wards which are mainly for geriatric patients.

Later in the day a bus-load of mainly women workers picketed ed and interpreted in practice.

the monthly meeting of the District Health Authority, held in a hospital in a remote part of the ment by the courts.

Pennine Hills.

After being allowed into Anti-cuts occurred with the Tebbit Act. 'THE Lewisham and North Southwark Health Action Campaign will be lobbying the next meeting of the District Health Authority and stand firm. on October 31.

The campaign is demanding that the DHA refuse to impletop judges. ment the cuts, resist any privatisation; and make all information freely available to the public.

The campaign has held two successful public meetings since being initiated by an East Lewisham ward Labour Party and together with other local campaigns, mobilised over 300 people to lobby the last meeting of the alarmed at the potential dangers. DHA.

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ageance. meeting, the women staged walk-out when Labour councillor Alice Mahon's proposals to scrap the privatisation plans were defeated by the inbuilt Tory majority.

The campaign in Halifax stands a real chance of success, particularly if it links up with workers in neighbouring Bradford who are already well into an occupation of the Thornton View Geriatric Hospital.

If industrial action escalates it is likely that the West Yorkshire Area may become a focus of the fight to save the national health service and of confrontation with the government.

lobby hospital union branches has been excellent and they are fully involved in the campaign. The campaign is at present trying to enhance moves towards joint shop stewards committees across the borough and is also involved in steps to coordinate activity on a London-wide basis.

The next lobby is at 4pm in the Florence Shepherd Building, Guys Hospital, SE1 and will be followed by a public meeting on November 2 at 7.30 at Deptford Town Hall.

The campaign can be contacted at 191, Hither Green Lane, Lewisham, SEI3. Tel: 01-852 5088 or 318 1179 CLASS EGEL •DEFENCE

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