Many of us had never been involved in this kind of fight before and felt powerless in the face of council were all really by the numbers of Liverpool women fight back JANET POTTER is a member of the Liverpool Women's Action talked Socialist Challenge about the activities of her group in Merseyside. 66 reminist groad broadly socialist and particularly concerned with prac- be it jobs, nurseries, cuts or anything else that affects women at home or at work.
Any woman can join who wants against her oppression. joined there was campaign to stop the Mill Lane maternity wing closing. The group contacted Ine • labour and eventually hospital was occupied to stop the Over 100 women were faced with redundancy in Kirby at the FD Centre - an international company - and they occupied it in protest. Our group publicised the issue and raised funds. We put out a special leaflet outlining different solutions.
the suggestion workers co-operative. In the end a buyer was found and some of the woren got their jobs back. provisions are cut. Most workers in these jobs are also women. All these cuts force women back and women determined to fight them.
More recently we've involved in fighting the threatened of St Monica's women's refuge in Croxteth Road. Now the local authority is planning to make it a single hometess unit with women having priority.
We also involved Leonard Cheshire Home. Women nurses were sacked for trying to torm a union helped with picketing and leafleting. The case went to a tribunal and the women got compensation.
we see ourselves as parcel of the women's liberation movement. WalE feminist perspective economic struggles. very important for women to be supported by other women.
There's iwo socialist feminist groups in Liverpool. One concenon all aspects of socialist feminist theory whereas concentrate on theory insotar as it • applies to the specific struggles that we feel are relevant to women in Liverpool. The two groups overlap a great deal. think got to have both theory and practice to build a women's movement.
Sheen going to contingent from battered demonstration.
their constituencies under the alone if Corrie's Bill was passed heat. Recently stituency SLabour part and with it.
to take Success into the We think it's particularly in Edinburgh. women's Inerall was massive attending.
Wilson from the STUC. you've years they've be bringing a massive Scotland on the anti-Corrie Both James White and John Corrie are west of Scotland MPs and it's almost impossible to get an abortion on the NHS in "67 Act The campaign is gaining support in leaps and bounds. Even James White is feeling the This Glasgow Pollok decided. despite to endorse the Labour Party's pro-abortion policy and to instruct him to vote in accordance The organised women's movement hasn't been involved in NAC as much as in the past, We held a one-day conference in April to discuss fighting Corrie and taking up other issues, but it was women in Women's Voice and other left-wing groups who agreed to build the anti-Corrie campaign. Our first public meeling success people The main speaker was Margaret The involvement of women from the STUC campaige. worked in the trade
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