many other grades of engineering are meant to be open to grades there clickille women. Positive action is needed to enable women to overcome the obstacles to equality at work even then this is not reflected at the various levels of the union.
Several London branches of the action.
TUC and it has ignored events the TUC NCCL conferences on conference.
on 5 May to discuss these from: Post Office Women, tel. 01-238 8792 have experienced - аск of education, spending ume to oring up chared, and so on. That is why Guvlas are needed, anc qualifications for a par ticular job may have to be towered to compensate ol past discrimination.
Quotas do imply legal sanctions on employers to While we Can call ul should support this, it is not a substitute ior the trade unions campaigning on this question.
system of quolas begins to challenge the wnole structure system. It shows that it is not women or black people who are to blame for their lack of training, confidence, or ability to obtain skilled employment.
Ford UK employs 15,000 women out OI total workforce of 55,000.
employers, Telecoms has an equal opportunity policy. All Yet while there are 100,000 men in the main are only In the Post Office Engineering Union women make up just 2.5 per cent of the membership, and POEU are The POEU has witharawn from the Women's and positive action. Few members will be aware that the union supported a motion on abortion rights at the Labour Party Women in British Telecoms are meeting issues. Details stilled are excluded ford skilled WOrK because protective legislation which prohibits them from working shifts The unions don't want to apply for an exemptior order because given the present level of unemployment, they are anxious to keep ine joos lot mien The trade unions have to lead the fight against such divide and rule tacnot be part of them These jobs are not 'men's' jobs women have as much right to a job The NCCL. conference provided a wealth of information which can arm us in the fight for positive action. The trade leadership should begin to work out a strategy for tor a women's right to work. A victory but be prepared for future action
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backing a conference resolution calling for im- plementation of the TUC's charter on equality, as well as an investigation by the union into positive