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from "might not be ruled out". And the pressure has even forced the RCN to contemplate changing its constitution to permit action short of strikes.
But the RCN-which still comprises a majority of organised nurses-has never pretended to be a trade union. As a "professional" body it has always been a tool of management, helping in practice to keep wages at rock bottom.
In the struggle for a living wage against the attacks of the Thatcher government and even in the struggle to defend their "profession" and the Health Service itself against the cuts, nurses need the strength of the labour movement and a genuine trade union.
Only if a fight-including strike action-is waged now can nurses' pay be maintained on a level which can prevent the further decline in staff and decay of the NHS.
Nurses must take the message-break from the RCN! Join a union and fight for action!
*Stop the cuts! No to cash limits!
*For a sliding scale of public service spending to keep pace with inflation.
*Defend wages against inflation-for cost of living clauses in all agreements!
*Bring down the Tories!