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Jim Devine Branch Secretary at Banour Hospital, Scotland built up a formidable progressive COHSE branch at the Hospital, along with the Branch Chairman “Tam”
Jim later became a charismatic and energetic COHSE regional officer becoming the undisputed c…Read more…
Peter Atkinson Branch Secretary Unison/COHSE Worthing signing up 110% under Tories anti union plans to force union members to rejoin every 3 years (1997)Read more…
COHSE Staff Circa 1964Read more…
Junior Doctors Strike of 1975 organised mainly by the the independent,
Medical Practitioners Union (MPU)Read more…
Health Workers Almanac circa 1979 – excellent little bible for rank and file hospital stewards
Written by Hospital Worker supporters. that is those close to the SWPRead more…
Students at the University of Cape Town, protesting at a planned 10.3% fee hike, marched on the university residences today and then on Rondebosch police station to demand the release of students…Read more…
Sad news that Michael Meacher MP has died
Michael was a COHSE and Unison sponsored MP for many years and was a force for progress in the dark years of the 1980’s, Michael was also a great defender of our NHS.
He was a diligent MP and as I recall repl…Read more…
Hector MacKenzie, Mo Mowlan MP, Joan Walley MP (both COHSE sponsored) and some other back bench Labour MPRead more…
Tomorrow (Thursday October 22) Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) is holding a special preview screening of their film – Immigration, what’s the story? The film features people discussing their…Read more…
Women in tea plantations in Kerala, India are fighting for decent wages. But they’ve had to fight not just the company, the male-dominated unions that are holding them back.Read more…
The tax credit cuts are continuing to move their way through Parliament; last night (October 20) Labour’s motion calling for the government to rethink their damaging plans was defeated. Today…Read more…