JANET MAGUIRE, a delegate to last week's However, the union conference.
Line campaie.
Despite to continue.
The Lask now is to build a socialist opposition inside the their Next year the conference will be discussing rules revision. We branches to fight for matters direction by like the clection of full-cime officials, the right to circulate material, and to organise inside A fight also must begin implementing TnOSE but often simply pious graphical basis. we keep passing every year. Red Coflar is one of constructing such ASTMS members are therefore urged to attend the Red these conference in Conway And SELE 1S LUTIL Road, THE 1978 Working Women's Charter conference takes place on 17 and 18 June.
CELIA PUGH discusses some of the problems raised, and what she hopes will come out of the The forthcoming national Working Women's Charter Contererice books lice beins fairly decisive for the future of notable achievemenis os the campaien in the past, in particular in campaigning to force the unions to adopt policies to meet the specific needs of their women members, some people now question the need for the Charter campaign Since the early days of the Coma in 1934 wi ma unions were forced to at least pay lip service to the needs of women memhers by adopling the 10-point Charter or similar policies, and since the drafting of the Women's TUC • Charter in particular, there has been a need for a change in campangn.
the TE BRE on building 4narter groups b ane tocaiues grouping activists trom man:
ITTLTLALUIOEI on a peoAr a time when the unions had no official policy other than a paper commitment to equal pay, and when there were lew activists campaigrne on these issues within the unions, groups played CATCaeICuTDIC The Charter was important, Incans DE explaining the links berween issues like abortion, contraception and murseries, and the more traditional Iabour move ment issues such as equal pay and sex discrimination.
CLOSE LINK Through sbe Charler, the close link between women's at home and al wark could be explaiied trade unionists. Women in the woinen's movement and wogue primarily trade UEOO MULSIS CATEC ARAI ICHSIMS importance despite the adoprThe Working Women's Charter: Where do we go from here? 17 and 18 June anchester Pulrieckn: Sokets Unicn. Carndish Huuse, Carend Wt A Smo HaRnEa NGAMET SUUEmOTAn women and men mnenhed thraugh Aney on Saturday lo demand that the local council provide an extra 1,000 nursery places this The demonstration Hackney Under Fires, t CES OTOSNISEO C teran ae harata A 1,000% voluntary group that lacilities. The march was supponeo by паскпе)
Trades Council, communily relations LOUnCI ARO SOC HIST leminists, as well as ion of the TUC Women's Charter.
iocludes trci abortion on request and has moved trom iis rendency to seek to ease rather than challenge women's dual role. FOURTEEN But the major advantage of the WWC is that it already has the support of a large sumbe ofactivists, both insade and out of the trade udon movement. This means that it stacts our with a base for instiating campaigns in localities and particular unions.
Fourleen major unions bave adopted the Charter but this is onis of limited use il they aren't foroed to start The tact thas these unions de pay lip service to the Charler gives activists a base for initiating debate and activity in their unions.
What has changed since the launching of Working M7U1 TULST CUCISI-UOM are now thousands of women SULSS WELa COSISLC batrle within the official structures of their unions for action on the wide variety of issues contained in Charter. EXCHANGE More than ever before they need trom the Charter campaign the exchange of experiences that can aid them in that fight, whether they are most BIOE hranch, woren's sub-comnTILKE DEKA woLLas uouD. or women's liberation It is the paper of the Working Women's Charter Campaign which must provide the link between these militants whereever they are active.
- Iransronung the pRign's paper into a forum of DENSE CTHI STMUVESESN - CEC Unions and the MON CINCI MAAKTM HIE weapon for those who support a real fight around the Working Women's Charler - chat is activists of the WJLLS campaign must be tuirned.
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