....but we're fighting back The hidden unemployed Nearly half a million women want jobs but are not registered as unemployed. They are labelled past or plan to do in the future. In addition tain. Young and black increased by 605 per cent. Black women's went up by a staggering 1,110 per cent. A survey of youth unemployed in South London showed that 70 per cent of young black women had no job since leaving school compared to 20 per cent of white formale school leavers.
In the unions Nearly one-third of Britain's trade unionists are women and the numbers are growing every day. In the last ten years the public employees union, NUPE has increased its female membership by 236 per cent; the white collar union, ASTMS, by union, AUEW by 52 per cent.
Most of the facts here have come from the CIs Report. It is crammad full of useful data and looks at every aspect of women's lives.
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been a sharp acceleration Oil Crisis ia 75 1972 Jobs: The first to go Women's unemployment has risen sharply as a direct result of government policies. For the first time since the early '50s the number of women employed dropped drastically. Since 1975 female Women from Lee Jeans occupation, Royal Pride factory dispute in Salford will speak at the final rally.
Jo Richardson MP, will talk about the fight ahead of us for improved abortion facilities.
Let's halt the onslaught.
WOMEN'S UNEMPLOYMENT (GB)
The number of unemployed women rose steadily in the 19703. Since the end of 1979, there has Women workers occupying Lee Jeans factory in Greenock are jighting for the right to work FOR WOMENSAIGHTS GAINST THE TORY TACKS Thatcher September 1979 and September 1980 every incut the number of women it employs.
shopping centres the Festival. • IF other unemployment has risen by 207 per cent. Betweon dustry, except insurance, banking and finance, has • think wed dof -He СлеН Checklist for the Festival • DISTRIBUTE leaflets in workplaces Ask for speakers to adver tise festival at oll Mav. Day events • IN the run up to the People's March for 'Jobs, make sure there are speakers on Unfair dismissal: under the Tories 1980 Employment Act all workers must have workea vor at least one year to qualify for protection from unfair dismissal - two years for those who work in firms of 20 employeos or less. This affocts many jobs mainly done by women. For example: 76 per cent of the workforce in clothing women and 61 per cent of those firms employ less than 26 Deople Matamity: An omployor is now under the Employ. mont Act only obliged to give a woman he old job back afte prognancy if it is reasonably prac ticable'. Only 12 per cent of apparently eligible worten who worked in firms of less than 100 omployees actually received their mater. nity pay Government policy on social socurity provisions, matornity benefits, taxa. tion and so on, is designed to force women back into the home.
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CISREPORT WOMEN INTHESOS
In the workplace At the Festival for Women's Rights against
What did they expect P We wil occupy That s why we cry Dont shitup-s-do-pace
Our rights attacked
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