test strike by heath workers Jons more than 10 London bospitals.
Is organising the rank and file The pre-condition for any fight against hospital closure is that rank and file health workers organise themselves for action. Ultimately: But it is aiso necessary to make very concrete demands on the Demanding automatic official support, with strike pay if nec ssary, to any workers carryin out i work-in against bospita he so leaders mad all that for further selective industrial action in the event of a must he committed to approschine indastrial unions support in fighting closures.
Doer this mean thar local campaiens are enough?
each individant hospital will only finally be saved when the cuts as a whole are withdrawn and pumped into the health service. This national campaign to achieve it.
A centraised campaign agains hospital closure could produce s develet to beg stored of defence campaign informe tactics that are being adopted, It could produce joint propaganda of sponsors for conference. No public appea was ever made for sponsors. Neither was the meeting given of how many sponsors of the hundred o in Socialist Worker still no provision for the clection of a committee for the Rank and File with only four wecas to go ti the conference.
If the Rank and File Con ference is going to he capable of taking decisions both now and in the future on action, its support ers must be convinced that this t a completely different kettle of fish than the Liaison Committer for the Defence of Trade Unions, only brought out from uade wraps by the Communist Party and when t sulls their sectarian purpose.
Defence of workers democ racy, given the events of the last (wo monchs, is not a luxury foe any genuine rank and file tendency: it is its life-blood.