Barking Hospital fights on | Socialist Action 1983

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do stick together then it will be a battle well worth taking part in. It can lead for miners jobs our children's My message to miners still working is this. If you adamant about ballot, realise that there isn't going to be one, please come out so that we can have strong anc united union.

Manchester Central Euro-Constituency Mall. FOR THE last 13 weeks, women cleaners at Barking Hospila been on strike against a massive their working conditions by a subsidiary of the dinosaur of the privatisation world - Pritchards.

Wandsworth District NUPE Six years ago Crothalls (Pritchards) won the conclean Barking hospital. Conditions and wages were comparable to those of domestics in the NHS, they were unionised through NUPE, and normal negotiating protold all heal althorities winning tender based on cul. some workers with a pay Crowthall's manager attacks a NUPE picker nave pickets, and managements