In this issue terview with women tron A Paper for Action in the Unions on Women's Rights The new issue of Women in Action istnow on sale. p&p, individual orders 35p each plus p&p, from Box 2, 190 Upper Street, London N1. Socialist Challenge New Year Issue 35p NCCL on Positive Actit Orders: over 100 at 20p each plus 15 January 1981 From Women in Action the equal opportunities NALGO, the local government workers' union.
It's the first step in Britain studies in a padland States LIC have snown to be so common two years ago Brent NALGO, confronted with comded by ma also a member of the union Salon British union nad tackled presumably because thought of complaining — all was ull satistactor settled the women eventyally leaving their jobs "Sex on the job' as the Americans who don't have committee of ourase clemianin involves involves anything from leering and Suzzesuve icularks lo labe l aways cares une sugge tion that if the woman doe USA, the threat was carried OUE.
Despite Ine obvious rac that sexual harassment done condemned as damaging to women as a sex the same 1casuis lauc anc women-vallerme outside ine worko ace were un secret-shame or She also to receive sympathetic responses from It's lust natural mae sex. uality and she probably enjoyed it anyway.
Catherine MacKinof the subject in the USA published year ing that votes out nis points out:
experence for which there has been no namut what is of most con cern to trade unions is the - Or abuse - vl Dowe men over womet work. mos dividually degrading way woman to control ner as a cited Congress, NATI'S Services non's shows the ettects of sexua harassment to be severe depressions, psycho-somatic pains revere tre women Iron working, are all common So is the incidence of harassment the Canadians found that between 70 and oo ber cent or women cue. tioned were victims, and nearly half left their job as a Questionnaire in New York showed 49 per Cent Tel sexual pressure in ineir Job, and a popular magazine's questionnaire brought devastating ,100 harassed women ou figures it wouldn't be an ex acceranonto savinal sexual soughing Husi LOUSIN women ате gain rea equality.
it's interesting that taken compensation for women -and it's only in the last two years that women have had was won there I sexua Hal assle sall or se. ust allel WIlC pens at work the employer is In Canada, Public Services reports, Labour walll. against agreements Unions collective have been asked to train officer:
cases and negotiate for protection ils unlicull lo know a unis early stage which an proach is best for Britist and labour law problem is on a scale here, and it's Sillllla! unn kev to be suostanual different.
moves will be welcomed by many women WULACIN New Wear issue A price Issue, so ourk orders avalao e from: Box 2, Sisterwrite Books, 190 Upper Street London NI
From the Irish Post author In Hastings, where he lived for the first decade of this Gintury, the Robert Tressell Workshop weekly discuss the Dubliner's philosophy. while search for documents, photo-graphs anything else related to him.
In Catford, SE London, Irene Wright and Robert Tressell Mural Pane riends Have pened the Appeal I neve all to raise tou lo restore me ori ROBERT Noonan lives. As Robert Tressell, Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, he is becoming an institution.
Tressell's work as a painter. scrap Robert Noonan born and grew up in Dublin A frica as a young man anc Wee Trist of the tounders of Irish Diikauc Witt Boers against the English. Soile in south • death of wife Noonan callic will mus daughter, naunieen. settled in lodgings Hastings, where he worked product of a middle-class background in Ireland. Ivoonan sooke irisn. Pren ch, German, Dutch, Spanish and Italian and had a knowicase or reek and Laun. Tew LEIC Lne ablec period, Concions „Tne Villall LILODISL as it saw ordinary WOrKCI wIld was giving away nis or ner abour ane stencin tor to Canada, stopping Liverpool en route.
• Dul 11k nara wack maconed him for years, became worse and he died • paupci s grave at r few years later Kathleen, who had retained manuscript was ccutually buolsaca l 1914. She received £25 for he rights 'he book has since con verted many people socialism. was passed from hand to hand in the British army during th last war and is credited with Labou government in 1945 - une army having voted Labour almost en masse While book was recognised as a profound wno read it knew anytning of Robert Tressell put righ 1974 publicatio the • Damned b ball hac devoted decades to researBall also managed to trace the grave.
June 1977 MPs, Icaders. writers Doets minıste ano representatives European grave to honour the memor of Robert Noonan Union general secretary Jack Jones quoted Wolfe _Tone, founder Irish Republicanism: "If the men of property will not, then wi depenc that Huck us and class, the men of no properHasings from 1902 d0 191l Noonan lived and, in addition to working on bullaine sites as a Dainte did much signwriting. Many of the advertisements and commercial painted on buildings in the town were done by him 1905 connected what was probably his only work of art - a mural on wall of St Andrew's Church in Hastings.
and stood • The church was demolished lal could de savea or the mural was one panel, which Wright, been Tressel DOO many years ago, has launched a fund to restore the panel. Donations be Hawstead London SE6 Tressell I ne worksho! 7.30-9pm each Monday Road School Hastings
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pittance. Noonan could not get the book published. Canada, stopping off at
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