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NUPE Conference imously passed the resolution from M Hospital, Sheffield "This Confere nises the success ‹ day stoppage on l health service unic support given collieries in South and several steelw This Conferer nises however the two-hour stoppag limited effect o stoppages in bre government's 4% c This Conferer fore resolves to ( all-out indefinite commencing on involving all hea unions, with acc emergency cover ' the government pay the 12% claim The need fr action as soon : and to involve oth of workers caught of the conference.

All-out The question whether all-out : needed, but wher take place.

This feeling v in what was haj the areas. Many heard fof the fir the all-out actio taking. place in and Rotherham commitment. to action in Sheffield Fiom calling 1 tion, this feeling 1 Alan Fisher to wat. "Now the begun we are ic victory".

But even whil Fisher had seen 1 clause. The M motion spoke of for united action EC saw this as a evade an immedi action from June 4 Wednesday's stri tally undellevable success C_:.1_ 1. L101-65:-11 -_1_- -- snemela. Not only was nearly every hospital solidly out, but as a result of speaking to workplace meetings, 3,000 miners came out in our support. Steelworkers agreed to lobby for more wages for our strike fund and joined our picket lines and demonstration and students provided free transport for our flying pickets.

At Middlewood we had ~ steeler An a bade on an - 11 : has unar e followin (iddlewoo ince recog of the one May 19 b ons and th by SI :Yorkshir arks. nce recog futility o es and th f one-da raking th ›ffer.

Ice there all for a stoppage June 4 Ith servic ident an only, unt agrees in full." TOT all-ou Is possibl ler section : the moo was nc action WE 2 it shoul vas roote ppening i delegate st time c in alread Edinburg •and th all-ou for arbitri had shifte calling fc war Nas oking fc e he spok his get-ou liddlewoo the nee - and th • means t ate call t was HEALTH Workers for the Full Claim: Next meeting Sunday May 30, 1pm to 5pm, Labour Club, Bristol St, Birmingham. All health union activists welcome.

Contact HWFC: c/o Anna Lunts, 78 High St, Atherton, Lancs. [0942 877296].

Fisher hinted as much during the debate - stressing the need to wait for the COHSE conference - which does not start for another two weeks.

He made it very plain to the press afterwards that NUPE leaders will hide behind the other unions the involved and on Tuesday members of late the committee were contac- 11. ted to get health workers to Maltby pit to ask for support. This meant setting out at 3.30 to catch the morning shift. When we arrived union representatives were immediately contacted and they organised a mass The management weren't too happy and called the police to remove us from the 111 - ---- A iL mnis

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Socialist Organiser, Thursday 27 May, 1982 Page 4

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