Committee is now discussing ference in October.
This Socialist Challenge.
doing so THE LABOUR PARTY'S National Executive La gramme which is to be put before the conprogramme has been passed Over the page we print an outline of it, and explain our reasons for What does the new programme propose for women? We asked Jude Woodward, from Manchester Labour Women's Council to explain and comment on the draft proposals.
JUNE is a great month for women in the labour THE LABOUR draft pro- has policy women. is that the NEC to discussing one.
It gets portant issue right: that women's dependence their whole SUBICLY. It changes such as • Reform of the regula. tions covering PARTY promised • Extension statement on provision.
excellent will be very im- of workers tively use economic procedures. underpins In status in proposes ALTHOUGH the Tories backed down from security payments.
of nursery future • Extension of the Equal Pay and Sex Discrimina- tion. tion Acts so that groups can collecthe tribunal addition the about recognises that women are being forced to provide unpaid services in the home to make up for the gaps as a result of the cuts. It recognises that women are concentrated in low paid, choose. Labour MPs accept petition from NAC and LARC. LARC's three-point programme should be Labour polic unskilled jobs, and it pledges a Labour government both to attack low pay and take measures to end job segregaThis is a step forward. But it would not remove two major weaknesses from the Labour Party's policy on women First, what should be done job segregation? 'Women's jobs' have a lower status and pay than men's jobs.
/e need a pledge from the pa y lor a programme of posit accon to get women into tradi tionally male dominated jobs The policy is also weak on Gordon's Gin to ensure our strategy fo women's equality is carried ou the next Labour governmen will appoint a senior ministe with special responsibility fo all matters related to wome and equality between the sex Unfortunately a great de more is needed statement does not pledge th party to build a mass women movement could be necessary to sweep aside th obstacles to women's equality It doesn't point to the cen tral role of the mass abortior
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Socialist Challenge greets the Labour Party Women's