EQUAL RIGHTS motions were aimed as nuch at improving facilities for women's nvolvement in their unions as at work.
ASTMS instructed he executive to prepare a eport for JICA conference on the posiion of women in the USDAW dopt DOS TIVO liscrimination as of getting SINTE vomen involved in the inion.
The GMWU are to et up creches at schools, conferences and courses un by the union to assist 103e female nembers to attend' The NUT is to hold a pecial delegate conerence on its caus onsortunities policy and to dopt positive action in he curriculum and in the inion's own organisato counter liscrimination.
-The CPSA voted to ampaign for- proramme of positive acion to enable women vorkers continue vorking: -to improve vomen's promotion ispects and to expand he range of work wailable for women.
APEX is to mount an SHEE HOTEL! liscrimination against The TUC Congress eard a speech from Ken 310E Squal Rights Committee we decaree 'If any one doubted cialist Challenge 25 September 1982 page 10 trade WOWCE unionists, their fight back in recent times protheir capacity and solidarity. Lee Jeans, Plessey, and now the struggle in the health serVice. Women have been at the forefront of these battles.
steps have been bur around Congress, Our HOUSE order. The structures of too many unions prevent women achieving their potential few women hold union office. Attitudes within some unions - and in journals are helpful in WELCH 1101 fostering sex equality.
"trade unions mus be in the forefront of women's fight for equali50.- and must be seen Congress went on to pass policy welcoming positive action programmes inchiding measures to encourage women to take up non-traditional JObS locally based day of through trade union branches and TUC Regional highlight ways of in. creasing women's participation in the trade union movement.
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Labour Rescarch). paigning and by In 1918 the Party came in and took it over because wore and they saw the ele women had just toral opportunity = that's when they started lo appoint the women's executive etc.
Initially, I think the purpose is to transform he Labour Party into an organisation in which