Victory to the ment stood up to be counted. In its overwhelming majority it said 'we support the health workers"
port that the idea of a free health service enjoys among working people, and the rising groundswell of anti-Toryism, the Day of Action and the mass demonstrations, spelt out a message loud and clear - this is a struggle that can be won!
TUC for one hour of action in support of the health workers. million and half people went beyond the call of the TUC and downed tools for the day. The government faces the biggest revolt from the labour movement since it took office. can roll back the defeats in steel, cars, rail and other sections.
into action. The refusal of the cabinet to budge. even after that the TUC has to up suggestions of a series of 'rolling regional strikes' has fidence, the increased militancy, and the justifiable anger of the health workers, has to be turned into action that really bites. This means with emergency cover only.
This will show health workers really do mean business. It will make clear to their millions of supporters in the labour movement that the dispute can be brought to a speedy and successful conclusion, health workers' actions are backed by a series of 24-hour building up towards a generals strike.
The will health workers is among organised labour is Tory government would be forced to capitulate to such a force or it would, like the Heath government of 1974, be forced out of office.
Only the vacillations and compromises leaders solidarity have to be turned into even more decisive action. gress House resolutions branch calling for leading if need be to a general strike. The left, headed by Scargill must fight inside the TUC for such a policy.
A victory on this issue can turn the tide in favour of all the working class. The millions that can be mobilised to win the NHS dispute are the same millions that can fight Tebbit and take up the struggle against mass redundancies. Last Wednesday the workers' moveDrawing on the deeply ingrained supMillions responded to the call of the Well over Giant forces now exist that But these forces have to be brought Wednesday. means the stakes. Its extended.
all-out strike action the Tories that the providing the solidarity strikes and the confidence of the there. The support there. The can lose this Their 'militant' declarations of That means Conmust be flooded every trade union solidarity action, unemployment and WE DO WASTE poured down the drain to pay social security. Billions are spent on caring for pensions the sick and the infirm. Working class children get a free education. hard earned money has to for nukes. No wonder Lord Vesty and his mates spend so much of their time working out how to dodge paying income tax.
But don't despair.
Review Staff (think tank) have been getting their heads scheme which will stop all these abuses.
They reckon if we got rid of the NHS and replac ed it with a private health SACHECO DELS die prematurely, but would save the tax payer at least £4 billion a year. This seems sensible. rapid GICTEISO WOrKINS class would cut back the unemployment figures and save in security payments.
get there they say we should pay more for seeing the doctor and pay more money for prescriptions This would money in government coffers and help to give those hard-done by doctors and CONSULUES lew after all would you like to live on a miserly £20,000 a year? All this will cost the average family about £600 a year. Youth At last the Tories at ackline th of education. After al spend billions and billions educating people who will probably livest So work in So they have set a fee based on market rates. If you want to go to university for three years thz. Do, but it you cank will set you back raise the ante then they will lend you the deduct it out of your dole money when you leave the A LOT OF MONEY. Cash is layabouts Even worse tax payers' go towards payıng The Central Political and have now got a Luckily some people will get to university. will need people reliable people, 1 might add, to run business, the police, MEDE andary lop the civil service and nuclear weapons. So they are making 300,00 state scholarships available. The scholarship system will right boys and girls get into these jobs. Academic qualification number one will be home background and cash. Inwill be way down the list. That's called restoring the old values.
So the lower orders don't get ideas above their entitled to be educated free of charge - after ruling class has to find the money to send its brats to Eton, Harrow and Rodean - the think tank suggests people Dus concanona. vouchers to send their kids to school. All this will cost is a miserly E600, which is nothing compared to the E1200 per term the upper class mams and dads have to fork out to send their offsprings to decent public school.
Unfortunately when it got to defence spending, the thinkers stopped thinking. Some suggested that the 050005 bought their own guns and ammunition. Others noted ДДАДО that credit controls had tank crews could buy their tne HP.
Finally, it was decided that the only way to raise the money for arms was to cut unemployment benifits, tamily allowances and , pensions. benefits will only get a So in 1983 only get three percent rise which will mean a four percent cut in real terms.
The BILLES! cheer leader for the proposals is Geoffery Howe the monetarist chancellor who was infuriated when the Lione "wets" lined up to block discussing the pro posals. But he was not half as furious as his boss, Mrs Thatcher who was said to be quite beyond herself at the insubordination of the weTs But she has nothing to worry The Think Tank says cxactly what the Tories want to do.
really likes the ideas. But not yet! He car hardiv tell the health workers they must accep his 7%s and 6 percent s order TO SAVC LEC and then come out in sup port ol the CPRS's pro posals to shut the whole thing down!
Prior, Whitelaw and company are trightened that man; Tory voters micht not like the der o forking out some E1500 a year per family for health and education. But what really worries the 'wets" is the thought of the conflict these proposals might unleash.
As one of the cabine remarked If these blood workers come out in sup port of the health worker's pay claim, Christ know what they will do if we tr and get rid of the NHS.
these true. The TUC and th CUE Labour Party should s right now that if these pr posals to turn the cloc back are ever draited, the Wednesday's Day Action will be repeated o an even more massive sca until they are dropped.
What to do What our reader: should be doing to win the health • Getting speaker:
the healt! workers to you union branch workplace, labou party, women's group etc. • Getting th above organisation: to collect a weekh levy and to sent regular deputation: to the hospita picket lines. • Building labour movemen meetings in th localities to put th health workers case. • Organising loca demonstrations labour movemen organisations support of th • Selling Socialis Challenge at th meetings, demon strations and on th picket line.
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