Liverpool strikes, calling such action.
include NUPE branch NUPE.
place at the SOGAT County Rd, from: Kevin Earley, Lane, Liverpool. undergone a rapid growth in the area and the 1,250 copies of the latest CAN bulletin ran out cuts.
WITH most Liverpool hospitals operating an emergency-only service due to selective Merseyside Action Campaign Against Low Pay is day to six.
shop stewards conference for 18 February.
The conference will discuss the tactics involved in the strike, whether selective action is the best way to win, and whether union officials or the rank-and-file should control Sponsors of the conference Whiston Hospital and South CaSCS Sefton district committee of Sunday's meeting will take Hall, in contact Walton from 11.30am to 4pm. Credentials NUPE office, Walton Hospital, Rice agreed NUPE steward for porters, Royal Free Hospital the HAVE been taking selective action for the claim, but we are also trying to take up the question of opposing the The theatre sterile supplies unit at the Royal Free is on strike, with some emergency cover. This has reduced the number of operations from 45 a Porters are holding lightning strikes and working to rule, but since the management brought in voluntary labour on the 22 January day of action we feel they broke the rules - so we're settling on our own rules.
One of our rules is that we won't service private patients. The beds have now been filled with health service medical We have a strike committee of the stewards which meeting regularly and we'll be with the striking council workers about what refuse collection we need.
Their strike committee has to this emergency cover, operated 9515 South London declared opposition last Thursday to the 35 per cent claim lodged b:
union leadership.
By favouring the top grades, the claim would widen existing differentials. The committee has called for a f25 flat rate increase, and is organising a picket of the NUI head quarters when Inner London union officials meet there to The picket is on Saturday, 24 February, 9.30am, Hamilton House. Mabledon Place, London WC1.
THE Campaign for Homo sexual Equality has organised a series of regional conferences on the problems of taking up the issue of gay oppression in conferences are in: Newcastle -3 Mar; Bristol -17 Mar; London — 3 Apr; Manchester - not yet fixed. For details contact local gay groups or Chris Beer, 01-785 Socisist Challenge 15 February 1979 page
DIVISIO of the all-out action.
DAY TWO of the all-out strike Camden Thursday dawns with pickets on all the depots and at the town halls old and new in une vortE London borough.
There is a total shutdown of refuse colecHon. cleansing sections, transport, baths, boilers, petrol pumps catering, and cemetery ers.
Meals on wheels is operating a John suggests that when the council presents cases it should CHHCELCHCY checked, whittled down, that hall the wages paid to home helps on the emergency rota should be handed over to the strike fund public sandra doubts wat the nome helps will accept this. work anticipates problems at afternoon's meeting.
The council's chief executive is membership forn be others will come i and union.
Another woma if she is on strike school cleaner, the Inner Londo Authority She's She number of ILEA this out, whoever they by.
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Gay TU conferences
BY A SMALL MAJORITY-590 votes to 480 meeting on Tuesday of last week to go The difficulties involved in implementir Camden NUPE general branch's 2,500 me JUDE WOODWARD and GEOFFREY S pickets,and hearing the anxiety of hom