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We've made it! £900 given by a health worker supporter in Manchester - from a windfall' - plus £465 from other donations, brings the total up to £6026.82.

It's late (we originally hoped to make the £6000 by the end of July), and that means while many old debts have been cleared by the £6000, others have developed in the meanwhile. But the final rush of £1365 will improve our position considerably It brings our head above water again. But we still have to continue bailing hard!

The sad fact is that fund-raising is a permanent necessity for a socialist paper without A number of supporters have launched us on a possible next fund-raising target.

They have given, or guaranteed, a week's (take-home) wages, and suggest we ask as -many supporters as possible to do likewise between now and December 31.

This can be a straight personal donation - or a guarantee of money to be covered by public fund-raising activities (jumble sales, socials, sponsored runs, bazaars) and collections from readers who are not active supporters.

To start us off we have the following amounts in already: Colleen Molloy £30 New improved offer?

(making a week's wages with another £30 paid recently), Stephen Corbishley £100, Mary Corbishley £50, Gerry Byrne £100, Cheung Siu Ming £100, Tom Cashman £70 Other money received this week: collected at Manchester SO day school f55, Anna and Dave Lunts £25, Andrew Hornung £5, Bob Sutcliffe £10, Mick O'Sullivan We need a good total next week, too, because Socialist Organiser needs to throw resources into the campaign behind victimised Cowley shop steward Alan Thornett.

Phone calls, leaflets, petrol, fares - the costs will mount, and we'll be hamstrung if TEIL THEM TO STUFF IT!

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the money's not there. DELEGATES representing JSSCs and union branches Wolverhampton, Glasgow, Manchester, Oxford and Leicester met in Sheffield on Saturday 13th, at a hastily reconvened national health shop stewards' meeung• mentino • Despite the short notice, 50 people came, and gave reports on whether members could be expected to back all-out action in the forthcoming consultation. The general view was that it would be a hard job to get the vote for all-out action.

But most representatives who had had a chance to consult local committees reported that they were totally opposed to two year wage deals, or any agree ment to fund an increased pay offer out of existing health authority budgets.

The main discussion at the meeting was about calling a conference in the New Year of health service shop stewardé to build a national. stewards' movement. Responsibility for convening the existing coordinating committee was left in the hands of the Sheffield and Leicester JSSCs.

Appeals were made for new names to add to the mailing list. Contacts were needed in London, Birmingham, the south east, Hua mich TH orth Road, Manchester M14 7PE. Wared water