SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Westminster More money needed for Health and Safety

· Socialist Action No. 45, 17 February 1984 · pp. 5-6 of the scan · 252 words

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areas. They suffer from asbestiosis other diseases of the lung. They can be seen leaning over walls having managed to stagger 20 yards, their hollow chests coughing up their lungs. They are casualties of the arduous conditions which they have to work.

People who work in the technologies such as the chemical based industries have fingers that are wasting away as ducing substances with which they have worked and which have gradualbodies. permeated their The Health and Safemillion pounds to start with on top of the Dennis Members motion in speech. £85 million it now has.

The government are spending £18,000 million finance the dole queue. They say there is Skinner moved a private the Cominons povernment's lack of finance for the Health and safer executive. We reproduce below some comments from his no money in the country when waste of talent "the latest estimate Safety Executive.

Some of the fines imposed on those who went to defend the the picket were greater than those paid as a resull or prosecu tions (of employers) after people had been killed at WOrK, In the pits, mines and quarries the number of inspectors has decreased by 19 since 1980.

might ask why we have had all these government cuts. answer is simple. The government intend give those who suppor the Tory party a better chance to exploit the workers.

Reproduced by permission of Dennis Skinne

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That puts on is those ministration will be refusing to despair SLORECLI The levels for

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