A PACKED rally in support of sacked nurse Karen Reissmann has demanded peace talks with the Regional Health Authority to settle the strike.
The rally drew more than 300 supporters to the Mechanics Institute in Manchester including mental health nurses, service users, Trust staff and other trade unionists.
The rally was told that Trust bosses were “frozen in the headlights” [...]
November 14, 2007
STRIKE RALLY DEMANDS PEACE TALKS WITH REGIONAL HEALTH CHIEFS
November 14, 2007
THE INDEPENDENT: You can’t go around telling people you’ve been sacked (or that you are innocent), by Mark Steel
The Independent has today published a brilliant column by Mark Steel about Karen’s case. You can also read it in full below.
Until recently, no one seemed to have worked out how to apply budget cuts and privatisation to the field of care for the mentally ill. I’m sure think-tanks have come up with suggestions, such [...]
