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TAL PART After four weeks, tbe 400 women striking for equal pay at the Trico car components factory in Brentford have finally persuaded male workers in the foolroom, inspection, press shop and despatch to respect their picket line As part of their campaign to take their struggle into the broad labour morement, the Trico workers also decided to support last week's lobby of the special TUC on 16 Jane - collecting E50 for their strike fund. AUEW shop steward Betty Aiston told Red Weektr: The sapport from the factories in the area has been tremendous London Airport. Firestone, United Biscuits, Hoover, AEC have all supported us. I think the reusor strike in the ares. Ir's a lest case.
We work on a payment by rombos system and are getting 15.75 te 26.50 a wock Jess than men working at the same have been pulling is to argue chat we're BOTARTELICES MEL ORTE one ocasion to seduce the male mate to our rate!' OF Her fellow shop steward, Liken Ward, added: 'Onviously we want a full strike from the men. We're just not getting equal pay widt the men, and all of in using us as cheap lahour.
anake windscreen wipers, so this week ham, and to Chryskr, Vauxhall and British Leyland, We need carworkers" support.
told us T'in out with the women, It's what it means, that women will Mill The other thing is solidarity. We welte coing to the car plants in BirmingOn the lobby with the women was male deputy convenor John O"Neill. He as it's the first one of its kind in London.
There are so many toopholes in the Equal Pay Act, diferent versions of On the TUC lobby, 16 June, where the Trico women callected E50 for their strike fund hoe to Fight for aqual pay. We've gor mes and wamen working side by side producing the seme quantity of malirial and yet they'o still not gutting equal pay. But wate dedermined. We Jl po on indefinitely to ain squal pay.' As Betty Aiston says, the Trico strike is in many ways a test case. Anul chore lo make supe le's a successfal one:
* The AUEW National Contitree recenty passed the Werking Women's Charter unazimourly. Now't the ticie Tor AUER ciciters te get chem to do something about wucien': rigirs The scrike is ascal Memhers shoul call on the anion Joadership lo ocganiso and support blacking of Trico products throughout the motor industry. Put solidarity motinos in your branch, shog 360808 8386 4085058 165 3008 * Cit workers should black Trico products now.
* All unions and organisations supporlay las Working Women's Charler should hack and popularis the Trice strike + Maney, solidarity messapts information on blacking sould be sen 1o. Trico Strike Lund, co AEL House [ Moodlands Roud, Southall, Middlees
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