Trade union members in Oxford march to a rally to support the health service pay campaign. – Vintage Photograph

On April 17, 2021, approximately 120 trade union members in Oxford marched from the town centre to a rally at Cowley Road Hospital to demonstrate their support for the health service pay campaign. Speakers at the rally called on them to defy the new Employment Bill currently going through Parliament, which could leave trade unions open to fines of up to 250,000. The rally was called to mark the day the TUC had named as Union Day against the Bill.On April 17, 2021, approximately 120 trade union members in Oxford marched from the town centre to a rally at Cowley Road Hospital to demonstrate their support for the health service pay campaign. Speakers at the rally called on them to defy the new Employment Bill currently going through Parliament, which could leave trade unions open to fines of up to 250,000. The rally was called to mark the day the TUC had named as Union Day against the Bill.

Dimensions: 17.9 x 29.4 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-NQOX-04908912

IMPORTANT! WHEN BUYING PHOTOS FROM US:
All the original vintage images are sold without watermarks.
All our press photos are LIMITED ARCHIVE ORIGINALS – they are not reprints or digital prints produced by us. We sell them in the same conditions they were given to us by the archives.
SEE the BACKSIDE OF the PHOTO – many times the image for sale will present stamps, dates and other publication details – these marks attest and increase the value of the press photos.
Since the photos are old press photograps they may have scratches, lines or other wears of time, which just underlines the authenticity and age of the photos.
What you will buy from us has a true historical value and authenticity. All these old photos have a story to tell and come from reliable sources.
In the past, the photos were often parts of series or were mass produced by the archives. Nowadays, their number is decimed – many were destroyed by time, use or natural disasters. Few were preserved and are nowadays carefully stored in our archives.

OCR computer generated text:

BR Organ OXFORD LA PARTI YOU SOC TG 5/2936 COWLEY ASS O AA MEN

————-

Organ OXFORD LA PARL TO 5/295 6 CONLEY ASS Unions call for action Trade unions in the Oxford area have been called on to take in- dustrial action in support of the health service pay campaign. action, let us see some of you come out on the picket line and let us see the police try to move you.” The call came at a rally to mark the day the TUC had named as Union Day against the Employment Bill now going through Parliament. About 120 trade union members in Oxford marched from the town centre to a rally at Cowley Road Hospital where several speakers called on them to defy the new legislation. Mr Pat Ward, secretary of the joint trade union committee of health service unions, told the rally: “When there are days of Supporting and sympathy action become unprotected under the new legislation and could open unions to fines of up to 250,000. Lynette Savings of the south-eastern TUC, said women who had been in the forefront of industiral action could be the hardest hit by the Tebbit Bill. Mr Alan Thornett, vice-president of the Oxford and District Trades Union Council, said large-scale action against the Bill would depend on the TUC calling a na- tional one-day strike. 524