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National picket called by ancillary workers

Red Weekly No. 77, 21 November 1974 · p. 12 of the scan · 192 words

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Group of Hospitale have called a national picket around the ancillary workers' pay claim.

22 November outside the Department or Health and social secury, Elepnant & Castle, London SET, starting at 1.00pm.

Ancillary workers are anpry at the inadequacy of the present official claim lor 35 hours. They point out that the threshold limit was triggered by thras points last week and turtner beg price increases are guaranted by Labour's The present claim nas been ousegio not to breach the social contract which means that the lowly-paid NHS workers are expecied to bear tho burden of the present erisis. This might be all right for the union buresucrats, but for workers struggling to make ands meet on the appalling pay which ancillary workers got it is noting less than a serou all workers in the NHS. Trade unionists wanting to fight cut backs in the health service and build an NHS responsible to the working class should also give support to the picket.

steo towsrds forcing action on the claim Uniess rank-and-file action is organised on a national scale the union leaders will simply settle within the terms of the

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