IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

PAY THE HEALTH WORKERS

· Socialist Challenge No. 248, 4 June 1982 · p. 16 of the scan · 670 words

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Socialist Challenge Thatchers warat home UP ON SOCIALIST ASTMS Womens' pay. If the Tories win, the BIETe because TrEITCU staff will be driven out. By backing our claim you are not just supporting badly paid WOTES defending your health service against a governmen that spends f2.5bn to kill hundreds of workers in the South Atlantic, begrudges the necded tor decent health car The Tories have cut the NHS to the bone and want TUI. cheaply as possible.

Janet Maguire Junior have not been offered a SCILL Obviously three million unemployea the Tories think there will be plenty of cheap labour around giving money to the junior grades? 400,000 workers than E82 per OVCHC IESUEDOYCRa line for a married person with two children.

Anté - 1ple can't live decently on these wages. But they want "cost effective" service. How CHALLENGE She is secretary South Medical branch of ASTMS, and a member of she speaks in a personal capacity. This is not just about WIll suffer dead cheap thousands of experienced it could are Thatcherism.

Because and pittances tion.

LETE as of our claim plant, steel in solidarity with us.

If we technicians backing, norms will LOLA The - so why bother ОП health are earning less week - the workers-to will make strikes illegal.

The Tories know peo- But NHS health health do you asked Janet East London advisory committee. Here measure the value of a life? If you're a Tory The dispute challenges norms, ives a dispute that government's can be won. If we do win, begin a real national light back against working people want a free health service they can be rallied to take action in support of our claim, Already miners in parts of Yorkshire have sommarIy smike de Water workers are and South Wales miners voted ov an overwaeming ma Jority to strike in support At BSC'S River Don workers are coming out on strike for 24 hours on 8 June. I think th The TUC has nói caied for coordinated strike action, but when it meets on 9 June it must remed this and call on all the affiliated unions to come out Thatcher's pay are given the be broken. working class will be forc ed back on the pay front anti-union challenges the Tories at union rights.

Prior's 1980 picketing laws made it illegal for other Join our picke lines. Now Norman Tebbi sympathetic workers should have the right to support keep IL'S their that's affected.

Who else is going to device Health workers are mainly women or black Tory talk 'THE cost of the union demands is £700m in England this year which is more than the country can afford in its present economic position.

Kenneth Clarke, Minister for Health *WE have made no estimate of costs. We are con cerned with the success of the operation. John Nott, Secretary of State for Defence speaking on Falkiand war which has already cost an estimated fibn to rise to £2.5bn fend us? The Tories are always going on about the greedy unions -BILLIE laws aim to stop the unions defending the sick and the low paid Of course they should come on our picket lines.

We want to see them on out octet imeg.siiners president Arthur cargill is right to say he will defy the government. The Tories want to use their laws workers on the poverty line and go on running down the health ser- which means more

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labour movement must not permit that As Scargill said: II wc are in violation of the Tory government's legislation then so be it. The bit's Bil can be swep aside by a united labour movement. There is no pay claim inhe1 es has doubt that the 12 the power to create such a LOEWES Such an opportunity to win must not be thrown away.

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Maguire, a health worker at Guys Hospital. London, about the 12 per cent pay claim ad- vanced by National Health Service unions.

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