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Bill Geddes, a London Divisional Council member of NUPE, has been sacked from his job at the Hammersmith Hospital in: West London.
The reason arve n for. the Sackino_tna' Geddes was allegedly caught painting slogans the hospital wall-is a complete red herring Geddes-a member of the SWP-has been sacked because he is a militant Traoe unionist working in the Health Service who has played a part both in yansile Tonl against health cuts and in the action or pay in the London area The sacking cannot be seen isolation. the episode in a series of victimisa tions of trade unionists working in the Hammersmith Hospital and Ealing Area Health Authority.
It began last WT Tint sacking of Stan Hunt and Alan (Puntold the nearby West London Hospital This was swiftly followed by the sacking of Bill Tizard, who also worked at Hammersmith.
Ine succeeds sacking Geddes-who is at present appealing a dilisı decision-they will have ettec Tive v cleared out whole leadership of NUPE hospita workers in the district.
IOT On will they find it easier to implement the massive Pre district f rich has aire adi district-which has already invorve the closure of the Kidney Transplant Unit at the Hammersmith-but also have struck a major blow in Inev wi!
advance against NUPE's proposed • camtoaler against wvate orattice in Tust It was of course Geddes who moved the successful resolutiof to black pay beds at the NUPE conference.
It is vital that NUPE is made to lead and organise a strong brooramme OT action for the reinstatement of Geddes.
: is obvious Fisher and the NUPE leadership nowever. una" . Wi l nothing defend Geddes untess relentless campaign is taken up inside thi union.
The major weakness in the approach victImiser unsts in the district is tha they failed to take up any such fight against the locd national NUPE leadership Hunt and Pinfold, with the strongest trade union base in the district, meekly Tonowed the full time officer through ACAS ane l appealed to management, failing to fight : for the one thing that could sa ve Them-tbe mobilisatior of Health Service workers in strike action The London Divisional Council of NUPE of which Geddes is a member, must be forced to call immediate all-London Health Service stewaros conference to prepare strike action to force Geddes! reinstatement.
WELL IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN QUITE A TEAR FORUS BUT WE MAINTAINED A PROUD RECORD OF WORKING TOGETHER TO SAVE THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT!
ƠFISHALL WELL BROTHERS, WAIT CAN I SAY?.. I'M JUST A CONSTABLE