The National and Local Government Officers Association has decided to call a national demonstration against the cuts in the health service. NALGO - which is affiliated to the National Coordinating Committee Against Cuts in the NHS (NCC) - is calling the demonstration jointly with the NCC.
This sets the stage for a really big national mobilisation to oppose the vicious attacks of the Labour Government on the NHS. The task now is to work for a massive turnout from all workers' organisations. No effort must be This NCC notes the developments in the consultants' and junior doctors' disputes - in particular, the threats of resignations from the NHS. Our attitude to these is determined by the need for the workers' movement to defend the NHS against the attacks from the Labour ches, tenants' organisations, shop stewards committees etc in every area to support the demonstration.
and for an end to private practice inside and outside the NHS - show the socialist way out of the crisis. spared to win Labour Parties, trades councils, union bran- ment.
The demands of the NCC - for a sliding scale of social expenditure; for opening the books; for a Workers' Enquiry:
The demonstration can be an important step towards fighting for these demands. It can involve tens of thousands of workers and begin to organise them to challenge the attacks of the ruling class and its agents in the Labour GovernThe date of the demonstration has yet to be set, although it will probably be in the Spring. The fight to build it, however, must begin now. In the districts, local supporters of the NCC should start an immediate campaign to rally the greatest possible forces around the NCC demands.
The 540,000-strong NALGO is the first major union to mount an open challenge to Labour's policies of cuts. Militants should begin the fight now to get the support of other national unions.