More than 3.000 people marched throuah Birmingham last Saturday on a demonstration against the cuts organised by the West Midlands TUC. The increasing anger in the working class against Healey's attacks was reflected in the size of the demonstration, the large trade union reoresentation ano tne tact una two branches of the National Union of Public Employees at the Selly Oak and Accident Hospitals voted to go on strike for the day. Red Weekly asked CHRIS ADAMSON, a NUPE area officer, about tne cemonstration and the ceneral campaign against the cuts in Birmingham.
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Goino back to this demo. we see this as just the start of a campaign against of 1.5 per cent will be totally inadequate to deal with the ever increas ing demand for health care demand fuelled by the cuts in social services, rising unemployment, and the falling standard of living of the What these cuts mean in practice - even if they are less severe than