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Tbere were over fifty of us.
women dominated HEIR WHER In the morning there were workshops which dealt with the problems of copine with the One of the few women sexism we lace at difficulties of building confidence wach you are wealou de incompetent, isolated from other women and feeling utterly battered by the sexist remarks of our mates and those we meet at made to feel like some kind of freaks.
On the positive side, women talked about how much they enjoyed learning a skilled trade and how enthusiastic they were In the afternoon work. he cussed various other aspects of discrimination and WOEk being workshog experienoes of discrimination against work men 5 Jobs retraining centres. ples were so numerous that we decided to compile a dossier of some of these Present to the Equal Opportu nities Commission.
A workshop on the unions discussed the general cynicism towards, and lack of interest in, the unions amongst the men we work with, Support from our was important, but reported that intimidated branches. The attitude of the bureaucracy and the patronising manner of the men combine to make it difficult to eved open our mouths at the mectiogs. Let raise THUSILING favour of women.
such an important discussion for the future of our we dis sexism at discussed women training LUT branches at government FILM experiences to Labour 1.
all of ICES of the afternoon. fell very union Bridge questions like WIMT North c/o discrimination in We decided that this was Up 13.
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Socialist Challengu: 21 Septemher 2978 Page 4 Women In Manual Trades is a group of women who are working, or training, in skilled manual jobs, which are traditionally done by men. Saturday 16 September saw the fourth national meeting organised by the group. JENNY TIZARD, who was at the meeting.