IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Saturday 5June

Socialist Challenge No. 247, 28 May 1982 · p. 13 of the scan · 333 words

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page 13 of the scan

Battersea Park, London from noon Rally * Music* Forums* Stalls Theatre* Children's Events Refreshments * Creche available* least one organised by worker plained, have women, out of work.

ted the management; the jobs.

prentices but women that is percentage every year.

places like ours and women want.

In BRISTOL, build for the day's events.

Every major city

Glasgow and Ealing, And there's more chester, Newcastle, Southwark.

sure you're there too!

WOMEN'SRIGHTS TOJOBS & EQUALITY THE 5 JUNE demonstration and rally for a woman's right to work promises to be a massive event for women's rights.

In MANCHESTER, the Labour Party are organising space in trains and in at factory a coach has been the union Ferranti assembly over the last two years Ferran. Laura Mitchell ex put 2000 workers, mainly in the Holligwood plant, divisions between men and women have benefit.

men in the toolroom wouldn't fight redundancies in the assembly section (mainly women). Then when it was their turn, the women didn't feel inclined to defend the men's Ferranti's now takes no women apthey don't prioritise they don't have a policy of positive discrimination. I think the union should fight for a guaranteed We're looking forward to the festiva - it's a step in the right direction. But the Labour Party should campaign in find out what the predominantly female workforce at the Famous Names tactory, are hoping to get their union to organise a coach as well so that they can come down and get support for their strike against low pay. They'll be speak. ing at a public meeting in Newport to will see women pouring down to London on 5 June with coaches also coming from as far away as Edinburgh. Public meetings held in the last week Camden, Lambeth have attracted fifty to a hundred women from trade unions and Labour Parties.

to come in ManWomen are organising to protest against this Tory government's policies. Make I THINK I have been misrepresented in the inte

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