UNIONS TO PROTEST AT WHIPPS CROSS HOSPITAL TO DEMAND PATIENT SAFETY, PAY JUSTICE & AN END TO PRIVATISATION ON THE 73RD ANNIVERSAY OF THE NHS

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As part of a national day of action in defence of the NHS, Waltham Forest Trades Council will hold a rally outside Whipps Cross Hospital. Union members who work in the NHS will be joined by local trade unionists and campaigners to demand:

• Reject the insulting 1% pay increase for NHS staff with trade union action demanding a 15% rise
• A fully publicly funded NHS and care system
• End privatisation of NHS services

Len Hockey, Unite Whipps Cross said: “Our free National Health Service was founded 73 years ago after a mass pressure of the working class. It was a service won by the struggle of trade unionists and socialists.

“But decades of austerity, underfunding and privatisations by the Tories and right-wing Labour has left our NHS in a dire situation.… Read on ...

Waltham Forest Trades Council notes that there has been a lack of awareness raised in mainstream media of legacy claimants who have not received any additional support during the Coronavirus pandemic.

This has led to a widespread issue in that the public have, as a consequence, not been informed of 2.5 million legacy claimants suffering increased hardship throughout this period.

This trades council resolves to

• Pledge our support for the DPAC #20More4All Campaign by sending a message of support to DPAC and posting it on our trades council social media pages.
• Ensure any of our future campaigning by or around the £20 a week uplift is inclusive of those on legacy benefits, refering to #20More4All.
• Invite a DPAC speaker to our meeting.
• Write to our MP and ask that they are supportive of the #20More4All campaign going forwards.