This is a proposal for the creation of a cross-union health worker
activist website and accompanying bulletin, as a necessary element in the
development of organisation and politicisation among health workers in Britain.
Its purpose would be to aid the development of a network of activists in the
health service which can begin to act to transform our unions, spur action
against privatisation and cuts, and lay the foundation for the unified national
resistance needed to stop the destruction of the NHS as part of the Tory
austerity project.
The level of organisation among health workers in Britain is
currently incredibly low. Despite huge attacks, resistance remains fragmented
and none of the health unions are putting forward a comprehensive plan of how
to reverse the privatisation, secure wage rises or stop the cuts. Health workers
are increasingly politicised due to the blatant wage gouging and corporate
thievery demonstrated by the government and private health systems taking over
NHS services, but there are few organisations for this politicisation to flow
into and serve as an outlet for action.
