AS ARTHUR Scargill said in his final address Yorkshire Area President, the miners looked to for a lead by the whole labour movement. JOHN CHAMBERS, Markham Main NUM, explains how his pit is trying to live up to that challenge.
A special union meeting was called to decide what support should be given to the health workers' Days of Action 19-21 July. Although a resolution had been nassed at area level to support the nurses, DOLI picket lines, it was left to individual branches to take the initiative.
The well attended meeting opened wiln a report current wages of health workers, and how little they would be changed by government's latest pay offer. The branch president статее his support nurses struggle, and asked for to take strike action solidarity.
In the discussion from the floor. it was pointed out that in deal be sipset fred greet deal support workers during the seven week strike. It would be criminal not return this than just a fight for a decent living wage. It is a tight to protect the health service as a whole being whittled away by as the lories To loud applause, Tebbit's are demned as a vicious attack on Bill was LIC The best way fight it was through port tor the nurses.
and any grois meant taking soariy meant taking onto the picket lines One member said that if the branch did not take action support the health workers his conscience would not on him work on anyway. This was echoed by many other miners.
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