Cork Home Helps March Against Health Cuts

cork | miscellaneous | news report Sunday September 28, 2003 23:26 by jamesy - wsm Cork personal capacity

Corks Home Helps, members of the Independent Workers Union, took to the streets on Saturday in a march against the health cuts. The march was called because the Southern Health Board has been cutting Home Help hours. The workers are very often the only support and aid many elderly and infirm people have. Its a nasty cutback that hurts the old and effectively cuts workers wages.
An angry march of about 200 people wound its way through the cities streets led by the Home Helps ection of the IWU. Contingents from all left parties and groups also participated.