A SPLASH of colour was introduced at this year's Trades Union Congreass as delegates wore bright stickers and badges opposing Corrie's abortion Bill.
A. Tobacco Workers Union resolu tion calling on the TUC to campaign against measures which seek to deny women their right to free contraceptive and abortion on request, was passed overwhelmingly.
In the debate, Dougie general secretarv of the Tobacco Union, warned that Corrie's Bill was amca al aestroying Ine or aDornon Act, 'Our argument should be how to strengthen the Act and now weaken it.
Women should have the right to COSE Judith Hunt of TASS, whitecollar section of the backed this with delegates to build for demonstration against the Corrie Bill on 28 October.
Wherever delegates turned - in:
the pubs, cafes or the entrance hall — they met leaflets, petitions, and sticks from pro-abortion campaigners.
Clive Jenkins, Arthur Scargill and Frank Chapple were among who signed the petition.
Statements of trade union support are a step in the right direction, but we cannot afford to be complacent.
When umon icaders ASITSOWN tribute to Mountbatten, this reprints a glowing obituary by Brigadier' published in last week's An Phoblacht/Republican News.
I WAS at Balmoral when the dreadful news came, and so it was my painful task to break the news to Herself. 'The fiends have pranged Dickie, Maam' I muttered, as ashen hued from the phone.
And it was then that I saw the true mark of royalty. Not a drop of the Lap Souchong was spilt; a look of annoyance flickered across her brow doubtful smiles.
anu- had any demonstration vote or sign Grieve, have to could demonstration trades branches However, lobby of parliament Engineering Union, February third reading a strong call for the tinions now.
badges conscience.
those and whether to have a child.
childbearing oppression, asked and she rang for the butler.
evening, said it all for me.
lady.
room behind me.
blow me, shatter all over the floor.
much time week "The was very proud Windsor, pathetic old snob.
He came from was torpedoed I returned sunk under him, with after each fiasco.
jokingly offered to what they would be doing to build the demonstration they responded with They weren't even sure they would be on it themselves.
Many delegates said they had not information about the unions nationally. Obviously it's one thing to petition but quite another to actually organise some The Campaign Against Corrie and the National Abortion Campaign will that the 1s a success. Local and trade union be approached organise transport and support for 28 opposition to cannot end there. After the October demonstration there are proposals for during the Ideally, a countrywide strike would be called to coincide with the third reading — this is the kind of action we have to be arguing for in our trade The argument that we have to win in the trade unions is that abortion is a right and not a question of individual Attacks or threaten a basic democratic right -the freedom of women to decide when Women's inability to choose about fight.
has underpinned their forcing them out of the workforce, into unskilled and casual 'Benson, there will be one fewer for dinner this please inform cook." That hadn't The dignity, poise and regal splendour of a truly great Blushing, I backed out and would have made a dignified exit had not that old fool Benson come into the Standing ир, either, banged my head on the tea tray and, didn't the Meissen teaset So now it devolves upon me to say a few words about Dickie. Personally, I must confess to never having had too for the old fool, but noblesse oblige and de mortuis nihil than nisi slobber, as the poet has it. Dickie of the fact that Charles, henceforth the Royal weans are to be known by the surname Mountbatten but then he would be, the La long line of German thieves and looters, and was one of the most incompetent naval and military figures of his generation dive-bombed, had his ships crippled and a destroyer but a grateful nation always gave him a new boat to play I was recently talking to him and I take him jobs, and limiting them to their roles as wives and mothers.
Many male trade unionists resistant to changing this. They accept that 'women's place is in the home! or they may be prepared to do something "little woman', but won't commit themselves to a consistent Many believe that women at home cooking and cleaning for them is in their best interest.
We have to argue that it is in the holiday to Canada. He turned white and then red and admitted that he been back there. ever 1942, when his military genius led to 3,363 Canadians getting wiped out in one hour at Dieppe.
Come to think of it, the Indians don't have too much to thank him for two hundred thousand of them getting killed in the riots after he left as the last Viceroy.
I suppose there must be something good I can say about him, but, dash it all, it's hard to think of anything.
He was a mean man, surprisingly since he was a millionaire who married a woman even richer himself, and this is characteristic he passed on to young is a tightfisted little Scrooge if ever there was one.
He claimed to have a great affection for the Irish peasantry, I'm sure this was true - after all he had been screwing land and money out of them for years.
Not much of a tribute, I grant you, but then, he always was an obnoxious old fool, and I'm in a bad mood. I've just got back from Thiepval Barracks to find a letter from Hér, docking me two months pay for the broken teaset I can tell you, it's no fun being your old chum, The Brigadier A SILLY QUESTIO NE MIGHT JUST 1 TELL ACROW MAr WOMEN MUST DIE AT THI BACKSTREE ABORTIONISTS+...
interests of the whole working class that women are able to play a full role are in the workforce and in the labour movement. So that women's low pay does not undercut the wage levels of the whole class, so that women cannot be used as a reserve army of labour" to weaken and divide the class having Moreover, this women is just the thin wedge, Women are weakly organised so they can be defeated most easily.
Centre, since unwaged demo at Centre, rather and CERTAIN MEMBERL PARLIAMENT AS LUNATICS"!!
The Jorv attack prevented end of the MANCHESTER National Abortion Campaign benefit bop 20 September. 8pm, Carmoor Rd, MANCHESTER coach leaves for 28 October 8.30am St. Peters 061-224 4392 for tickets.
BRIGHTON Campaign Against Corrie. Next meeting Wednesday 26 October, 8pm. Resource North Rd, Brighton. After women, it will be blacks and the working class as a whole.
Labour Abortion Rights Campaign is preparing to fight the 'conscience cop-out' at the Labour Party conference to ensure that all Labour MP's vote against the Bill.
It was trade union which abortion becoming question of Labour Party policy in the past. Make sure that your trade union is not going to do the same again.
West Indian FREE, BARTON ON DEMAND A Declaration of Wa THE PRIOR PROPOSALS Available from The Other Bookshop 15p plus 10p postage.
Socialist Challeage 13 Seprember 1979 Page 3
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