stopping - scabbing on the struggle.
Yardley
Trico workers hard way, against message came in London on 26 February.
heads The Social union leaders recently refused an hospital building the pay limits. week. The strike was sparked off when the Industrial Tribunal rejected the application of three women workers for equal pay with men in packing cosmetic products.
The women were laid off for action on a national level would peddled! refusing to do work they claimed was not in their job specifications. Management retaliated production for ial Contract. eight days. This was the setting when 400 workers walked out, uation schemes leaving an equal number or mer - including the union convenor workers provide yet the legislation. another indication that the Tri- Struggles bunals cannot be relied upon to win women's rights. And, as the found out the women are also up backwardness their fellow workers. This same across STRE ANNE CESEK Rally for Women's Rights held The Social Contract is increasingly being hung over the workers launching struggles, by both bosses and alike. Employers at a garage in Bury St. Edmonds they argued i tell outside the framework of the legislation and would thus challenge This same idea no doubt was Three hundred women at the Yardiey factory in Basildon ing which have r leadership to continue their five week strike for equal pay last bundle whose message is loud and nave brought me car mausuy to a halt, upsetting the delicate • balance achieved with the soc Biased grading and job evalone of the women's jobs re- WHOLE main tied to low pay problem not even mentioned in launched women to defend and extend their rights, both in the home solidarity with all unionisation efand at work, must be placed at forts centre of the fight for a conditions on all fronts -socialist opposition.
WHAT NEXT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS?
Support the meeting called by the Working Women's Charter Campaign.
Saturday 2 April, 2pm al Friends Meeting House, Room 44, Bull Street.
Birmingham
Further details from Jill Daniels, 01-701 4173 officia poverty 20,000 workers kissec gooo-bye to improved standards o living as otricial tigures estimate that they were worse off through and accom panying loss of benefits.
POLICY The wages and taxation policy, couble• wim curs in social soen nome Day. facilities is the reality of the Socia Contract. And this for the workers in the policy was The answer to the plight of the lowest Dale is not to improve une through the Social Contract in a united offensive. The responsibility • low paid rests ders of the workers' movement as a -HOL Wage! counci insoectorate me incustra Tribunals, nor even with the next phase of a new deal between th The fight for a national minimum wage uee to innaton. ecudi Day and the fight to improve must be lic wants HITC -thi HonTOaCK