reference of the loquiry should be:
in medicine. This is to include the incorporation of private hospitals into the NIS.
conferenot call on the national commit in the NHS to refuse to service private cy stall?
The majority of the Yorkshire miners have supported the recommendation of the NUM Area Executive to stage a one day solidarity strike for the mirsCs:
decide next Monday on the exact date. This will be a major step forward in the nurses campaign and points the way for other trade unionists to show their support.
1974 the miners have been locked to for leadership by sunk and file militants in many other sections of the movement. However, this coming solidarity strike is the first step by the miners to play a conscious leadership role RECOGNISE The miners recognise thut the nurses strugaie is not only for better wages and a better bealth service but is a fight against the social contract a "contract which only serves to keep wages tied down for the whole of the working class in a period of rampant inflation, Given, Loo, the difficulties that face the nurses in raking industrial action it is up to other sections of the movement, who are much better equipped, to take such action on behalt of the nurses.
NUM all trade unionists in the area should campuign to follow the lead shown by the miners and make that day a really massive show of force not only in support of the murses but agunst the social contract.
Unfortunately, attempts by IMG militants to do precisely this in the large Sheffield engineering industry were sabotaged by the Communist Party. An IMG resolution to suppurt the one-day strike was passed overwhelmingly at the shop stewards" quarterly but the CP-dominated Dastrict Committee reversed the decision on trumped up technical' grounds.
BEST WAY
There would be no better way of gatheting support than for the miners themselves to spend their one-day strike travelling around the district addressing workers at focal factories and building sites. This way all tech nical problems would be avoided and a widespread strike puaranteed.
The London region area conference of MATSA - nursing section of the General & Municipal Workers Union — has called for a TUC Enquiry into The resolution says that the terms of I. Pay and conditions of all NHS 2. The standard of the health service 3. The hanning of prate practice member of the ING A second resolution carried at the tee of the GMWL to instruct it members patients and to refuse to work with agenThe vote has been taken in the pits and the Area Council of the NUM will Since their victories of 1972 and As soon as the date is fixed by the ly coppers.
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WESTMINSTER
Westmiaster Trades Coomicil is organJung a picket of the Wellington Private Hospital in St Joli's Wood on Tuesday 23 Iuly between 11 am to 2,0 pm.
This action was agreed ala public meering attended by over 100 people. The meeting called by the Trades Council was addressed hy sevezal speakers from the bealth service, including Sue Spilling. a nursing member of CONSE and s One doctor nade a sharp attack on consultants who, be said, 'in no was speak for the mass of doctors" He uppet od for continued guerrill action by all workers in the bealth see to wipo prvate praclice off the map.
Westminster Trades Council buse in vited all trado unionists in Landea to
PONTYPOOL
Last Sacuriay, Pontypool Industrial Trades Council Beid a tree-hour openair meeting in support of the morses and other bealth workers pop demands The solidarity moscing was held in tbe town centre of Ceinbrin a sooth Wales new town Shoppers going through the tow square were given leallees about tho healta workur struggle and heard Speakers from The Labour Party, the Comminist Party and the INCon the subject The Trades Council called on the Lab ous Governmeit to take measures to pro vent the collapse of the NHS and to say "no-to private patient:
The BiG speakers called for the ronnaLion of trade union support goups and for the working class to take netten to defend the NHS.
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SOLIDARITY STRIKE GOES AHEAD