Weir fight continues THE OCCUPATION Peir maternity hospital in Sorrh now been called off. This folions the manoeuvre by rhe ones health authority to withdraw its proposals to convert wards into officer and then use fake staristics to claim the Feir war wangfe and endangered lives, and therefore coin Fat cantinue as a mulerdin local leadership then forced throweh the calling off of the occupation at a mas they attempted to stop stewards from the hospital speaking. Weir suppori committee is still waging a compoign to smue the hospital despite the ending of the Liverpool health axe FIVE LIVERPOOL and a quarter of the 680 beds in Setion Geaeral Hospital are under threat of closure. The 11.1 per cent unemployment in Liver pool will soar even higher If the plans hrough: 3,300 1,800 hospital jobs are on the chopping block.
These massive cuts are being screen of a new 820-bed teaching hospital which is (os of 1, 300 mersing staff and Oclober. But with the 1,000 ancillary warkers, the new hosaial wil he torally equate to meet the Liverpadlians Colin Barnett, of the National Union of Public Employees, has declared that the BALLETIE SEIKE rocked city hospitals for the past The fortnight will continue until the MALIGELS DAVE MUNTEER UN uncillary workers" take bome pay will not cut by the scaling GOAT DE TIC SCIVICE Barnett's demands may save wage packets in the short-term. but they aren't going to save jobs or the health service. Unless the fight to defend wages is Linked to That or Jobs and ne provision d. health care, not only will health warkers Jose out, but the bealth go of the current HUNDRED mounted a picket smite town hal Wes London on Monday in support of the u the smoke- official, indelinite strike action TRACE EY scheduled to ground workers The workers are disgusted with tant play leaders. government workers needs of NALGO has been for two years , regionai officer workers in a grading scheme.
The grade 3 wages of 12,000 a year. plus Laodon weighting which Bicy cont NEESCULIV They are change other tionis woek, the lack of any sick sary before bolldays can LACI Support from local residents children and labour town hall picket in King Street Hammersmith, Hounslow demo marchers at Hammer vigorous. campaign ared s2u play work-in The local union, TICE CELE to place these scheduled.
demanding in the public sector belongs.
TOLCITE defence committee
also determined to condi lor a 3k-hour transport or building" movement Assemble:
to (nearest tube, A MASS RALLY and decionstration are the next scens in the against the closure of the casualty ward and the threatened removal of 6t eds at Hounslow Hospital ir entering the 23rd week of thei - bave chosen 31 Ang opposition to the area health authocity's plans. This is the date 1225 DELI In defending Hounslow faciliplaced responsibility for the crisis CAINE NICE DESER explained:
We refuse to accept the AH makes it necessary to put cast before patient care. We reject th Government's entire programme whether in be heath tacitin, expenditure, Wednesday August at 2pm, Hounslow Hos pital, Staines Road, Haunsion Hounslow NOMONG RIGH
COMBET CHALLENSE 4 August 1977
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