CUTS BRIEFLY | IMGpapers 1976

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Edinburgh CUTS in Scotland beginning to meet united opposition from the labour movement.

Edinburgh Labour Party has called a demonstration and rally, to be held on 22 bentember. has come from the Scottish well Edinburgh Trades Council and Lothian Labour Party.

A conference is planned for next month to discuss combat the Tories' cuts. Lothian Labour Party has so far taken au decompromising stand, relusing implement either the cuts or rates increases.

Rank and file groups have agreed to make a joint intervention in the demonstration and conference.

At a meeting of the Edinburgh branches of Rank and File Teacher, NALGO Action Group, and Hospital Worker it was decided to campaign for: industrial action against cuts; opposition rates increases; no special cases and no talks with the Tories, and for a public East London NUPE members at the London Hospital will be among those to take strike action today and lobby the City and East London Area Health Authority in protest against proposed health service cuts of f5m.

The decision was taken meeting thousand ancillary workers at the hospital.

Council workers in Hackney are also taking part in the demonstration and lobby, as are trade unionists private industry and groups from the community who see their health service under attack.

NUPE area officer lan Barber says: "The lobby is seen by NUPE as the first step in a massive campaign health which would result in the widespread of wards and entire hospitals throughout East London.' Ancillary workers at London Hospital will be holding a series of lightning strikes against atCHION staffing levels.

*Marchers are assembling at Ockway house, Stamford Hill at 12.30pm to lobby the Inner London Education Authority against school marching Leonard's Hospital, Kingsland Road for a rally at 1.30pm.

Islington A TEMPORARY halt in proposed CUS in the Camden Islington health area in That the paign against health cuts and a 100-strone picket o he AHA last Friday Cuts amounting to 10 discussions per cent of the health budget had been scheduled | sion.