St Stephen's strike
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declarations from the other Westminster Area Health public secto: unions. Public Authority. taken in by left statements and limited to a token stoppage the verbal opposition. Every piece defence committee has taken a of action against the reduction significant and important step in in health and public services beginning to mobilise health indefinite strike action to stop will be fighting over the next the cuts. few days to spread the strike The St. Stephen's Hospital Defence Committee is preparing for a strike on 3 September in opposition to the series of ward closures in the hospital planned by the Kensington, Chelsea and Although the action is workers against the savage programme of cuts.
Stewards in other hospitals 377+ onto an area basis. Health workers are beginning to realise that it is only strike action which will defend the local health service and a series of area wide stoppages against ward closures and other cuts should be prepared by local stewards' committees.
But token stoppages alone are not sufficient and hospital managements will have the full backing of the Tory government and the capitalist press in isolating and victimising health service militants.
All action must therefore be linked to demands that the public sector union leadership prepares a national all-out strike against the cuts.
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The massive assault on all the social services cannot be fought off by these piecemeal steps.
NALGO members-and members of all other unions hit by the cuts or expected to carry them out-must implement the 'no cover' policy but fight for a united policy of strike action to reverse the cuts. Workers' committees must be established to uncover and publicise their effects throughout the labour movement.
The fight must also be turned into the Labour Party for the removal of all Labour councillors who voted for the cuts and into the trade union leadership, fighting for national policy of clear action against the cuts to replace their capitulation before the demands of the capitalist crisis.
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