THE South East Region of thé TUC Employment Bill will away • the automatic right prescially for maternity leave and to reinstatement in their jobs.
only does the Bill exempt firms with five or fewer employees, but also all firms who do not find it treasonably practicable such provision, and those where the woman is offered an alternative and sutreasonably refuses.
This goes along with the introduc tion of more bureaucratic red tape surrounding the procedures by which women can claim this right.
The Tory government is not only threatening women's rights. Women are suffering a huge burden of the cuts in social spending in terms of jobs and facilities. Foreign women are being denied the right to marry : the nusbands incy choose Abortion right are under attack: Freedom Women who have enjoyed a taste of freedom through their increased participation in the workforce are being forced back into the home back into financial dependence on mer Vomen have shown in the steel take that make malamey too within the trade union else:
trade Prior's law attacks women's rights strik: and in the abortion campaign that they are a vital and growing force That they will not lie down and be trodden on by the Tories or anyone The Tories wish to exploit every division, every weak point in the armoury of the trade movement. Unity is crucial to success in the battles ahead The South East Region TUC took Hell helped to organise the mass five stand in support of women Corne Bill on 3 February — a lobby Parliament against that drew 20,000 people Now it has produced 5,000 leaflets to ensure that women's needs are brought to the attention of every unionist who -turns demonstrate against Jim Prior's anti-trade union laws on &March YACHTBACK FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS A working conference to pool experience, discuss the coming struggles and stimulate the growth dialogue between women in labour movement and women's movement.
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