Employees, about the dispute.
What form is this action taking?
Tuesday 12 October, Tetusco to deal with alarms. other than fire and cardiac cases. They have demanded that the hospital management take responsibility instead Last week was escalated. Imposing a ban on all 'on call" routines again excepting fire and cardiac arrest alarms. This week, only emergency cover be provided take several forms, although this depanas on ine manacement response over the coming period.
What prompted this action?
Two vears ago the workers took action to parity with other telephonists - in cement were forced to accept this it was conditional on Whitley Council oval. That approval was never forthsa. and the manacement resorted to laying tactics. handed out se after platitude to the workers.
es on the question in the NUPE branch produced nothing. The right wing in the on continually attemoted to amuse Only the branch meeting accepted that action had THOSE What support has been won from other A number of porters have given individual indications of support, but no concrete action has so far been taken by them. We have nowever issuee a leaner to hospital workers which was well recelved. The electricians, despite management pressures, are relusing to scao i As we reported last week, telephonists at the district General Hospital in Southampton have imposed sanctions in defence of their living standards. Red Weekly spoke to PAUL MITCHELL, Chairperson of the local (hospitals] branch of the National Union of Public Many way.
The Boscombe and Poole group nospitals nave expressed have Oxford hospital workers. They have sent resolutions to the NUPE national executive demanding union recognition of the dispute and Basingstoke shop stewards to But Alan Whitehead, could Labour figure and prospective parliamentar candicate tor ine new rorest. nas refused to send any message of support to the telephonists despite public commitments ne nas made to senous action against wage cutting.
Local The workers in dispute face proDiems. some of which can only be overcome if a concrete alternative exists in the labour movement to the policies of wade restraint and cuts. How do you fee shout this?
working class interests. It's not enough usso call-or more ane more minancy. In the health service we need a massive cash injection, and a fight to ensure that oublic expenolture recent protecting workers and patients against the ravages of inflation.
Our branch is suporting the call for a local labour movement conference unemployment and the cuts. This is also DeIno SUDDOned Labour Party GMC and the University Students Union. It could provide a basis Tor a senous nont back acainst ai curs in the area, based on a programme to defend working class interests, standares ano loos. nose i wHi record levels; teaching is becoming impossible in overcrowded and ill-equipped classrooms; the old and handicapped are being deprived of essential social homeless are being left nomes.
nearly 200,000 jobs from the public services. onto the dole queues while the NHS is crying out for 70,000 more nurses to keep up safe standards of care.
Teachers are unemployed to the tune of over 200,000. The gains of 1945, the Welfare State' are being hacked away by Healey and Callaghan.
cuts go together with pay cuts and 'squeezes' unemployment beyond the two milHONE mark. bankers and the industrialists, modern-day Rockefellers, this Labour ment is doing their dirty work for mem, anacking our Hving standards on all sides. The IMF is now baying for more.
call the change for 'consultations SUDOORS ante-rooms of Parliament they are trying to shackle us to their policies I am also a local left' many DoutnamDIOn living