• • and Manchester and London across the country.
Freddie: I'm a welder by trade and two years ago I would've had no probiem. but now witn weldlig as such there's no one taking on any welders.
I've done all different now there's just no work at places I've worked before. Some firms no longer Val: I've only ever worked in factories and shops, so they're the only jobs l could do. When you go in and ask it's no every time.
The only place they employing women is shops as machinists, doing piecework ror under Some jobs on offer are for £40 per week for a split shift, hotel work and une uke.
could've taken job months ago. It was working 42 hours WECK in a little factory inspecting other peoble's work, putting up the orders and packaging things to send out for delivery, doing a bit of spraying. I would've walked out of there with £32 a week after tax!
The YOPS courses for young people are a con too. down the road where young HOIC doing the shop months.
Then they got chopped. One girl wanted to stay but they said she had 10 leave. Now there's other kids up SUPPORT for the People's March for Jobs is being built in every part of the country and among every section of the labour movement.
VALERIE COULTAS, who has been sponsored to march from Liverpool to Birmingham by the TGWU 5/909 branch, Rover Solihull, describes the preparation Co-ordination events around the march, which arrives Birmingham on 18 May, is beIng evel, by the Birmingham People's March Committee. This includes delegates the and from women's youth and black people's organisations.
There are local committees the areas ihrough which the march passing. will hrough the heart Handsworth, an area with one of the highest levels of black unemployment in ine country.
On the Handsworth ocal committee we have the march. We are alanning militant action to nighlight the high level ol he way young people are exploited as cheap labour on ine rout opportunily schemes.
They are thrown back • the dole without having :. aught any skills.
Birmingham Young ce taking up this S:: ==: Challenge ZOOS seem to be there.
They In ine sweal more youngsters for Ninety-nine ve on the dole again.
At having to pay to go to work.
a few her son Dean because worked at unemployment beneit There's a shop cover lighting, clothes, food all outgoings, people for day. We've get bored sitting around. an unemployed teacher, that is being I am on the Birmingham women's organising committee for the marholding feeder march for women's right to jobs.
There have been vigorous debates committee. Members of the Communist Partv on posed carrying a national women's banner the march, because they think it would detract from the broad appeal of the march.
They do not approve of sales of socialist newsDaucis for the sallic reason.
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part-time and she's not entitled to because they say she didn't pay the full stamp needs I get £54.03 per week. That has to rent, heating, Val: You get bored doing nothing all always worked regular and that suits our temperament. You You have to have money to do the YOPS Women's rights days on the main march are being neid In tne ivorin-west. the Midlands, and the South-east This will unite women in the fight tor the right to work Equally important is the fact that the march is going through areas of high Olack Jeff West, Stockport 'ON 4 May, May Day, the From lite to Salar to march through Eccles to Salford greet the march. "The next day a reception has been organised at Manchester Town Hall. The Man chester Confed has called fac LOTY the march on the Wednesday, SUDDUTI 6 May. •When the march leaves Manchester pace delegated has ions to send it on its way. simplest things. If you go shopping you've got to think about how much you're spending all the time I have to shop locally, I can't afford to go to Perry Barr or into town very often because of the extra cost. l suppose in the summer I can walk. Freddie: You become isolated from the mainstream. There's two working Those employed and those Val: We don't know many people who are working. Look at Dean. He shorts, swimming trunks, clothes. How can you manage on £54!
unions just shouldn't allow some of the jobs to be advertised. non-union companies should be thrown out of government agencies.
and programmes are Sunday 31 May Assemble noon at Speakers Corner, Hyde Park for march to Trafalgar Square Birmingham, Southall, and Brixton.
In Birmingham we are gener ined at women leaflet aimed at women shopping centres. We are also producing a specia leaflet for women workers and shop stewards arguing tor sinke action on May.
send a delegation of 50 people ine same anemoon to march arrives at Macvities in And march.
Andy Lilley, SecreTar
Ealing Trades Council an a member of the engineering union AUEW: 'WE'VE set up a North and West London commited all major made unions and Trades the area activities and support for the march.
members unions like NUPE native to these government programporary basis at a ridiculously low level of pay.
Lord Thorneycroft comes across on television saying that Tory policies are the only way of rescuing the country. But once again it's the workers that are footing the bill for the rescue.
Val:They still live OK. They pay the slap-up chauffeur driven champagne for breakfast.
What was it that amateur jockey drank - Buck's Fizz, champagne and orange Juice. thev're spending ding. sand on an engagement ring How much is whole wedding going to cost?
Freddie: It's It's being used as a diversion. A roya marriage in the summer time diverts Val: I'm against royalty altogether. The expense and the hangers on. They live a very nice life for doing nothing. This has caused a big debate on the committee.
It was agreed that workplaces which didn't strike should take extended lunch breaks to greet the march.
The solidarity tour of the women from the Lee Jeans occupation to Birmingham and the possibility *For us the main event will be the march Brent to Southall on Friday 29 May.
'Calls Have cone out engineering factory lne area tor maustria action on the day. We're looking for big support the Heathrow and fac tories like Ford Langley and Hoovers.
"The Hus. chunus asuc sudoor so tar nas come trom une hac. community Southall where a trade and community organisations has UCCI WILD regular meetings of over 40 delegates "This will be a big boost to reflection worldwide.
the Party ple like economy themselves and NALGO - banks, offering any alterpeopie work on a temmeals, the be a success in the DOSILOI cars, bottles of workers organised Look at how much on the royal wedTwenty eight and a half thouleading her dress or the attention from things like of women from this occupation and the Royal Pride strike in Manchester being on the march the fightback of blacks who are suffering the worst affects ol rcaundancie. from racists and fascists as well.
Wing for London wide action welcome the march on the FriBut from the start we've Hall won ozace agains full time union officials and some members munist Party who seem deter. mica to have a low key, Joca! event. 'But we'll still be pushing for the bigges possible tur nout on Friday and for the national demonstration. Freddie: Once upon a time British industry was to an extent in the hands of British capitalists.
What's happening in Britain is a For tre capitals. system It seems that the multinationals nave gol such contror ove.
_economy that they exercise political control.
While we've got a Tory government in power they'll continue to support this type of economic system.
What we've got to do in England is get the Tories out of power. I'd like to șee a socialist system coming directvul lie alcillalive l the Tories now is to build the Labour and ensure that it fights for socialist principles.
The best bet is to get behind peobenn and Court that Labour Party under him is a Labour Party that calls for more state ownership of the vital parts of the British the land, building, all the major industries thereby generating employment and wealth for those people who do the real work in those industries I support Benn in fighting Healey for deputy leader of the Labour Party but when he's in the leadership will democracy still be practised? You can support Benn but you have to fight to ensure that he reflects sections of the working class that fought behind him.
The People's March for Jobs will showing massive op Thatcher's policies. The miners and the water showed strongi SCCUOIS can do. strongly that the which comprises almost entirely the moderates in the trade union, haven't fought when there were jobs and I don't see them fight when people are Val: I wish they would Freddie: The value of the march is that the unemployed people realise they're not isolated, Thousands and those thousands are willing to protest.
Val: It shows the want to get the gives it the vital dimension of highlighting the effect Thatcher's policies on no (Scalist Challenge Andy Lilley
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