IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Birmingham

· Socialist Challenge No. 81, 1 February 1979 · p. 5 of the scan · 217 words

The scan: sc-n81-feb-1-1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 5 of the scan

organise flying out other call mass sent Elizabeth Hospital.

organise pickets, but that cases well before the sector action began of the cuts.

conference social workers' over UTDECST even in their own time. NUPE nurse, Birminghan THE popular' press had a lot to say about the cancer patients all members.

Queen They had rather less to say about the press statement put out by the area health authority acknowledging that this action workers had nothing to do with the was simply the decision of a consultant.

The press has failed to report Birmingham's HUS DILES were admitting only emergency which public - because Thirteen hospitals in the city are presently facing the axe. * A public inquiry ordered by Birmingham council into the strike action has recommended that council employees should be forbidden from taking part in any public council policy, stewards The Tory-controlled council is to consider the report. Ring us!

WITH widespread industrial action among the one and a half million public sector workers. among others, we depend for effective news coverage on our readers across the country Send us the facts from your locality, together com ments from those lined up against the pay norms about how they consider the battle should be conducted.

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