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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–1988

UNIONS TAKE STAND AGAINST HEALTH CUTS

Red Weekly No. 103, 29 May 1975 · pp. 4-5 of the scan · 147 words

The scan: rw-no103-may-29-1975.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 4 of the scan

and the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE). Resistance to the social contract and the attempts of the Labour Government to squeeze the social services is beginning to grow inside the trade unions. SAM BOYD and JEFF KING report on the recent conferences of the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (ASTMS) tion of private practice, the extenthe nationalisation of the drugs lance drivers-also came out for a gates voted for the continuation of inflation immediate review of nurses' mav. Union around demands for the abolision of preventive health centres and industry. The 500,000-strong Unionwhich includes amongst its members nurses, ancillary workers and ambuminimum wage of £40 a week. Delèthresholds as a means of combatting The National and Local Government Officers Association, which includes a number of nurses amongst its members, has also decided to seek an

page 5 of the scan

red weekly 2y may 19/S

← The politics of corruption6 I'm sure that the social contract is now being used a means of wage restraint? →

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