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Intercontinental Press, SCD, P.O. Box 50, London N1 2XP. Left: Mary speaking at London rally for International Women's Day. Above right: some of the speakers at the /WD rally on issues facing youth, women workers and women in pits MARY ZINNS, a coal miner in America has just finished the first half of her tour of Britain sponsored by Socialist Challenge and Revolution, the social paper for youth. Ann McChlery spoke to Mary at the International Women's Day Rally held in London on Friday 12 March.
The response has been fantastic so lar. reopie in britain are reany terested in the fact that over 3,000 women are working down the pits ir the USA. There is also a lot of interest in the positive that exist and that women are entering action el alice non-traditional jobs.
It seems that the situation women in Britain is similar to that of women in the States who only make 59 cents for every dollar a man makes and so challenging this job segregation has brought up a lot of discus When I was in Wales I met a young black woman finished a welding course and come employers.
There was no way she could get a job. I also met a woman who was doing carpentry — it seems like all these women come up against bosses who won't hire them.
All the arguments I heard in the States about women I heard again in Britain. A BBC newscaster in Wales asked me if women and men working especially underground, didn't lead to complicated situations"
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