And from London, the Trico women, who struck for equal pay for 21 weeks, will be speaking at they they said in their strike •We are writing a new chapter on the history of the battle for They proved their point - and Will come to the kally to snow that it is struggle, not legislation and tribunals, which wins equal pay.
Grunwick WiDe SUPPORTERS speaking at the Rally. Their strike is now in its zoln week, for union recognition and better pay. The strikers are mainly Asian, so they exploited. Mrs Desai. or me ske commitee.
"They think we are slaves. If a woman asks to take a sick child to the doctor, she is told, "we don" want to know about your family Hamlets we know are our right, and we want to fight Westminster against these terrible conditions. tion (NUT); And now we are a part of this we also want to get together with other working people.
We want to let them know what is happening in our factory, and that is why we want to come to the Feral.
Trades Council Newcastle;
COME TO THE RALLY FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS & joint benefit evening Palace, London N22 - 26 February 11977 Tickets: Rally & Benefit £1.30 (OAP's, claimants & unemployed £1.00)
Benefit only £1.00 (OAP's, claimants & unemployed 75p); Rally only 60p (DAr s claimants a unemoroyed qup!
Creche: 11am-12.30pm; 1.30-6pm; 8pm-10.30pm Food & Refreshments: Available from Alexandra Palace catering during lunch & evening breaks Bus: W3. Tube: Wood Green. BR: Wood Green (Alexandra Park)
Book your coach or minibus till late and stay for the whole event AND PARTICIPANTS IN THE RALLY Trade Unions and Students Unions National Union of Public Emplov ees (NEC); Society of Civil and (NEC); TASS servants (National Women's Sub Commit- wich tee); USDAW Central Booksellers Branch; National Union of Students; Sheffield NALGO; Tower NALGO; Nottingham of County NALGO; TGWU-ACTSS Central London; NALGO, GLC Teachers AssociaNewham Teachers Association (NUT); London Student Organisation; Garnett College Students Union; ASTMS Oxford (Health service branch); Nort London Polytechnic Student UniNA BUEA Branches; East Birmingham DistIslington;
Southwark: Bradford: Westmin ster; West Ham; Lambeth; Greenwich: Lewisham & Deptford Members of Parliament Helene Hayman: Maureen Colquhoun; Tom Litterick; Joan Maynard; Audrey Wise; Stan Thorne; Syd Bidwell; Norman Atkinson; Brian Sedgemore; lan Mikardo; Jo Richardson.
A motion calling for backing for the Socialist Workers Part inspired demo on the 25th, the da and ot ine secons readine was suD ported only by the single SWP As Berry Beau*If NAC decides support the SWP action nationally This wouie mean a serious Gol mitment to bund it. support is no paper commitment, and should be given on the basis of an assessment that this is the best campaign to make tne maximum MOrE impact. NAC must decide whether realistically undertake two mobilisations in two days. I think the membership oleary many teacners have had enough of this type of leadership whose only demand in the elections was for a strong STA's While unsuccessful in gaining ottice, supporters or tne socials standing to showed through votes that the NUT is policies are a force to be reckoned withereas candidates or tit Hank and Fle group stressed ex need for unofficial OPEN ted to show that unofficial action Teachers - necessary tough it was nat seen in the context o overall political fight against The election results show that demands sucn as an end to tne the need tora public sector alliance, balloting of all schools on 'no cover' were see by many teachers as a viable anc necessarv alternative. Of the Ran and re candicates wno stood one collected 500 fewer votes and the other a No longer can Rank and File state wiin any senousness ind shows they are the lett in the union dipted in the at tude thoroug run-up they reneatedlv Workers Theatre Prospective MPs Janey Buchan; June Chapman;
Graham Chadwick; Viv Bath; Ann Holmes Constituency Labour Parties Hackney North & Stoke Newing ton; Plasnewydd; Hornsey; GreenWomen's Groups/Organisations National Working Women's Char ter Campaign; National Assembly Women: Durham women's Group; Women's IRES.
Other Organisations London Coop Political Committee. Abortion Law Reform Asso ciation; Gingerbread; Child BenCampaign; Cardiff North LPYS Conuca OreanisanOn Communist Party of Great Brit ain; International Marxist Group International Communist League Workers Power * The initial call for the Rally was made by the Working Women's Campaign. Rally itself is organised by a broadly supported planning committee of which the Charter Campaign is only one part.
Enquiries to Rally Planning Committee secretary Mand Snell, 33 Wemyss Road, London Tel 01-318 3763.
unavailable phone Anne Cesek at noRed Weekly urges all tow ders throw eneroies - такіо moblisation ine bagest bossibit turn out against the Benyon Bill, as a first i step campaign to defeat this restrictive MARCH - Assemble Bressenden Place 6.00pm RALLY — - Central Hall, 7.30pm details NAU Camden Road, NW1.
DODIE WEPPLER Sates or a joint platform with the But rather than sit back now in a smug seit-satistied way, CURE policy is to continue while recognising the group's present position of ig norine une wade union bureauc racy is a recipe tor disaster wner launching a witchhunt against the left.
- CONFERENCE of socialis Alance t plan action sat sun 5/o March. ba Cuts'; Sun: 'For Trade Union Demo paperite:
Unity of the left in action essential, especially with the NUT conterence comme us The fact inat even the natona bureaucrac hes been torced to criticise int albeit mildly tear base aim of militant teachers is to turn nat tear no amicare
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