these things yourself. The same applies to the national union.
Joan laylor nas also been disappointed: naven do as much suo port from Labour MPs as we should have had. They have spoken to us, but thev have lust accepted the answer that the Tories have given. They haven't fought. Whereas we have sald accepting nothing.' And that's the lesson that the Laurence Scotts Worke whole of the labour moveMike says: 'You can't let the Tories and management walk all over you. You have got fight back in the old days when shut-downs will you had to queue up for work the gates and whoever worked for less got the jobs.
And Jed. 'We need to Thatcher and the Tories out. By force necessary. By threatening them.' work and puts the Tory government in its place.
cranese closure. and determined fight show what has to be done. sponsored by prominent individuals ty and the TUC to do likewise.
union and Labour Party branches. WITH unemployment amongst women rising twice as fast as that of men, it is becoming urgent that Labour movement takes up the demand for a women's right to Lee Jeans women, in occupying their factory have shown us the way. Their brave And the next step should be to support the call for a demonstration on a woman's right to work in spring next year. This demonstration has to be called and supported by the leadership of the labour movement and the Labour Party so that the weight of the movement can be used to fight for women's interests. A campaign has to start now in the labour movement to get our ledaers to take this up. Already the march has been Tony Benn, Michael Foot, Arthur Scargill, Jo Richardson, Joan Lestor, and so on. Now let's see some action! The LCC conference should take up the call for this march and urge all its supporters to fight for the Labour ParWe reprint a model resolution for use in trade unemployment.
Labour and trade oralise woman's right to work.
the LIONS sion of services, organise creches for the day.
One of the factors affecting women and not men is the view, still all too common in the labour movement, that women's right to work is an optional extra, and that women's economic dependence is acceptable. This is an idea that should be opposed and challenged by the whole of the labour movement We therefore call on the leadership of the union movement to national demonstration for a The slogans of the demonstration should importance of women's independence, the need for defence and extenespecially childcare, the special need to defend part-timers' jobs, the fight for adequate maternity leave, and the fight against low pay and job segregation.
The demonstration should include special facilities for children, and in the localities the labour movement should be encouraged to Socialist Challenge 16 July 1981
phone rentals. sectoral campaign of in-