Hospital cuts reprieve LABOUR movement pressure has won the • authority, temporary reprieve of the Dreadnought Seamen's, Hospital in south east London.
Woolwich CLP Last week demonstration called by the Greenwich Labour Party and supported by health service unions brought people to protest outside tne meeting or tae Greenwich District health which St. discussing the closure of hospital as part of a £7.4 million package of cuts demairded by the Tory government.
The Health Authority was forced to admit the the room to watch their meeting the DHA voted to delay implementing the closure of the Dreadnought by seven yotes to six. Much applause followed. simlar monoa opposilg subscribe the temporary closure of Nieks Plumstead was also carried by seven votes to four.
But the victory is only temporary reprieve. the DHA meet again on Tuesday 8 November to reconsider their position.
I we are really goins means getting the Labour Party to organise HHfTe extra-parliamentaction like this generalise working cies. opposition to the ' other trade unions in dispute have been undermined dispute.
Alan Royston, the Father of the Chapel exDlalnca wilal tne alspule Is about. 'The six NGA MCHOCN. who complied : with the instruction to withdraw Messenger newspapers, in their fifteenth alc Iuv week of strike action.
the Messenger Newspaper ne cisoute surrouuus Group's retusal to accept the union presence in their typesetting house at Bury and the printing plant at Warrington.
Before the Be of ant was set tion agreement to employ NGA personnel.
ployed on-union andy employed non-union anti-union people in the Bury office. Mr Shah, the has openly stated that he always in That's how assistant general secretary of the Natended to go non-union On ,Thursday October, members of the National of Journalists refused to cross our picket lines. action was taken in support of the NGA. other unions the NGA has With the decided to step up its campaign by increasing picketing outside the Stockport office at Wellington House.
This dispute must be backed by all and socialists, TIOSLS not least those • In the newspaper industry.
War It is obvious that the newspaper proprietors see this the opening battle in war against the backed by -the Tôries anti-union law.
The object is to introduce new technology, operated by low paid, nonskilled workers smash the closed shop and smash strong organisation which stand in the way of achieving this objective. cornerstones of our movement, is under attack and we must respond because the law says you must be a blackleg.
The picketing is now being stepped up. There mass pickets every Tuesday betweer 8.30am 10pm. Help is welcomed The strikers, supported by NUJ members, are also stepping up the picketing • of the company's other offices , in Burv Altringham and Sale. Shah, and Tebbit's laws must be defeated. • Messages of support to Arthur Clarke, Graphic House, Creek Street, Stockport.
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and threatened by the High Court.' tional Graphical Association Tony Dubbins, put it when he reported to the national council of the union on developments in the Stockport Messenger.