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400: hospital workers Cardiff besieged a meeting of South Glamorgan Health Authority on Wednesday 21 March. The meeting had before it proposals for a cut in the coming year's budget facilities to go out to tender for privatisation.
The Authority had tried to keep the document on privatisation quiet, but eventually had to issue copies to NHS unions on the Friday before the meeting.
Brushing aside the detailed objections from the unions, the document set out a timetable to put the services out to tender in every hospital, within three years.
They plan to start with the smaller hospitals and work round to the big ones in 1987. In this bonanza for private sharks, 2,000 ancillary staff could face redundancy - two-thirds of the ancillary workers in South Glamorgan.
Despite the short notice, half-day strike action was organised in every major hospital and the Authority wa: picketed. There were scuffles outside the meeting as administrators tried to restrict public entry to the meetOne administrator in particular, Alan Trew, punched and kicked several domestics before he was pulled off.
Brushing aside these bullyboy tactics about 100 pickets forced their way into the meeting to confront some very nervous members. Labour members of the Authority attempted to refer back the budget and demand more money from the Welsh Office, but this was outvoted by 1' iu 8. The Authority will now go ahead and try to shut at least one hospital.
When the vote on privatisation was forced through after a brief discussion, the anger of the pickets erupted and they refused to let the meeting continue. Despite the police being called they sat tight and forced the Authority members to leave instead.
The Wales TUC nominee, Anne Delaney, then discovered that the supporter of privatisation were meeting secretly in the basement! After this little Scab threa By Tony Dale THE WORKERS at Phillips Rubber in Manchester have now been on strike for 13 weeks.
Management appear to be making preparations for another attempt to reopen the factory.
The earlier attempts failed thanks to mass pickets and occupations.
Management attempts to break the strike can or uticaicu, I LIE Ian Anfantart TGWU
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