TGWU shop steward at St Bernards Hospital (psychiatric wing of the Ealing nossora IF achieve nothing ense we move coment public's imagination' literally hundreds of cars and lorries tooted their horns in support COHSE and NUPE picket outside Ealing Hospital's general wilig.
Support for the strike was broad and enthusiastic with nurses, porters, cooks and cleaners all joining rogerner on tne une Ambulances though still were onl doing emergencies and local TGWU bus workers refused to take buses into the hospital. The picture ir Bernards (Ealing's psychiatric wing) was not so bright.
Although NUPE was solid and the craft unions - engineers, electricians, construction — came out support for two hours and TGWU members were thwarted by leadership both branch secretaries crossing the picket line.
Despite this workers both central sterile supplies department and nurses still came out. It is almost certain that there will be tremendous support for the next stoppage on 27 May.
strike action.
Immediately after the shop stewards from the Royal Infirmary, the biggest hospital in Edinburgn, met and arranged for strike action to start on Thursday morning. when pickets brought out NUPE and COHSE members on all out strike.
Once this reached the City Hospital on Thursday aftershop stewards called out inel members. The day workers from every at the Royal Hospital struck against managenalón Smash the public sector pay norm