population took some form of strike action.
Since this tremendous SUCCESS.
Association of Health Service Unions have asked the TUC to cancel the 'day of called region on 20 October. If it does go ahead they will not be asking other unions to strike.
The leaders of GAHSU claim that the last of time and the shop time and the shop stewards want the TUC to set a date for an indefinate general strike to force the government to pay the 10 OCLUCILL Jim Kiddie the GAHSU chairperson says *the TUC have shown no leadership during iatie the Challenge can sympathise with the stewards' scorn over the way the TUC has organised this struggle. On 22 September the massive turnout in Aberdeen was largely the work GAHSU stewards WATE built the response by leafleting and workplace meetings.
However Socialist Challenge thinks that the stewards suggestion it the day of action goes ahead, of scaling it down to 'speakers corner' in the town, and giving support to any action taken by the telecommunication against of CLEONE wilhave the reverse results to what they want What has made the TUC take what action it has done is because health workers, like those stewards in GAHSU, have mobilised their own workforce and other symapthetic workers to come out in defence of the NHS and for the claim. if that action stops then the pressure is taken SInC EOVETAMEHT and some of the more timid health union leaders. This will not lead to a zencral strike but to the end of the fight for the claim.
The Aberdeen health workers up to now have done a great job. Socialist Challenge urges them to keep it up. health workers' demonstration in Aberdare.
where the secretary Nicholas Edwards, will be close Rhydlafar hospital. many miners and the South Wales NUM. TYRONE O'SULLIVAN, secretary of Power Lodge, told Socialist Challenge that a number of South Wales Lodges will be supporting a In the afternoon they will join a picket outside a meeting at the Weish office in Cardiff of state for Wales, pushing plans to This hospital treats
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ON 22 SEPTEMBER 15,000 people marched in Aberdeen and about a quarter of the working
Miners to resist hospital closedown