Women's Fightback holds second | IMGpapers 1980

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conference FIGHTBACK for Women's Rights holds its second conference this Saturday, June, Digbeth Hall, Birmingham.

At the first conference, 500 women from different political backgrounds in the women's movement and the labour movement inCluding the Labour Party came together to confront the Tory government's attacks on women's rights.

intormally, the _CO• ference launched a number of areas of work. These oncluded a fight against sexism in the labour movement; a rallying of women for the TUC Day of Action; and an attempt to relate Labour women's sections WUCH movement for women's liberation.

Newspaper Other plans were to develop the pre-conference broadsheet into a regular newspaper, and to organise second conterence decide on firm policies and plans for action and how the campaign should be run.

Resolutions for the seeond conference include a draft policy prepared by an interim volunteer planning committee, which situates the campaign in relation to the women's movement and the labour movement and indicates the general areas the campaign should concentrate on.

In addition, detailed resolutions have been submitted on cuts, women in the trade unions, women's right to work, the Employment National Women's Festival, other initiatives.

Campaign There will be a separate discussion on publishing a