Charing Cross
Socialist Press1979 1979-11-28Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 11 →
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mentally ill, the handicapped and casualty treatment are all victims of the Tory axe.
Thousands of people will suffer, and some will die as a result.
Yet when workers take a stand against the impact of the cuts and in defence of standards who major hospital it is they are witch-hunted and pilloried in the press!
The Charing Cross engineers must be defended: if they are victimised it will give the green light for a new war on manning levels throughout the NHS.
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But there are still damaging calls for the victimised stewards to be reinstated but suspended on full pay, pending an inquiry.
Such, an outcome, as has been proved time and again in such disputes, would be the kiss of death for the struggle.
UNION
The two victims would remain barred from the workplace-but, because they would receive full pay it would become virtually impossible to persuade their fellow trade unionists to strike in their support.
The advantage is thus handed to management, who are then free to spin out proceedings for weeks or months until militancy on the question has ebbed-before implementing the sacking.
Literally thousands of militants have found themselves victimised as a result of such a formula. And, with management at Charing Cross plainly determined to destroy union organisation in the hospital as a part of their move to impose spending cuts, it is essential that the fight proceed for full unconditional, reinstatement.
Any 'inquiry' should take place only after such reinstatement is agreed.
persecution.
PHOTO: Laurence Sparham, IFL to this day.
Snarh am union the AUEW.
COHSE leader Spanswick It was the real threat of, widespread supporting strikes that held back management from the final closure of the EGA for 2½ years.
The St. Benedict's action committee must urgently seek pledges of supporting strikes from throughout the local labour movement and the London area, and demand that NUPE and COHSE leaders- case. whose official policy is now for occupation against hospital closure-call national action in their support.
(IT'S OUTRAGEOUS - THEY'RE ATTACKING US FROM EVERY SIDE! TURNCOAT ARMS.
SCANLON BARI
THEN THERE'S THE ANTI-UNION LAWS...
MY MEMBERS WILL HIT THE ROOF AND OLD MUGGINS HERE WILL HAVE TO WORK WEEKS ¡ OF UNPAID OVERTIME TO CONTROL THEM!
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