for a national demonstration against the cuts on 17 November is a welcome step. Healey's cuts in educaTon. nean ane tre omer social sen vices promise hardship and misery for all working families.
Hospitals and wards closed as the people and their are being lists reach wang services Cane The cuts also mean the loss of movement Nurses are being thrown capitalism.
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But even Healey boasts that these that are likely to push calls for At the bidding ot the NALGO Rothschilds and Governservices.
Mously This is what the Labour leaders In ex- stration. Statement by National Coordinating Committee Against Cuts in the NHS (NCC and turn the labour and trade union La chain-gang for InTO They are boosting hand-outs to investors, the interest on debts to the money-lenders, and the profits for industry at our exIt is the 'Social Contract' that is preparing the way for the Tories where Callaghan and Co The demonstration on 17 November is a way to strike a massive blow in defence of our living standards against this disastrous policy. The into one-day strike action by TRe CPSA London and West Midlands NUPE must be supported by all workers in the public The National Coordinating Committee Against the Cuts in the NHS, which has been campaigning vigoragainst Labour's policy of cuts, will be fighting for the biggest possible support for this demonWe believe that it should be the first shot in a national fight-back by the labour movement. But we believe AND A Pensioners in their 48 hour vigil outside the house of Social Services Secretary David Ennals. Later hundreds of militant elder that such a fight cannot be effective if the labour movement continues to accept the 'Social Contract. One doesn't step into a boxing ring bound in a straight-jacket and expect.to win:
This is why the NCC, in support ing the coming demonstration, calling for a contingent around the slogan 'Against the Social Contract and in support of alternative measures which can reverse LADOURS policies. One such alternative would be an immediate injection of funds the social services. together with a programme of useful public works which can build and repair hospitals, clinics, schools and the desperately needed homes.
The unity between public service workers forged for this day of action must not be lost if it is not to be a last protest before further cuts are made, but a first step in a nationally coordinated campaign of action to defeat the cuts. Alliances and joint action in all areas and at all levels in the public service unions is one way to build such an urgently needed fight-back after 17 November.
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