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lasnewydd women's sectiol A woman's right to work was the recurrent theme of the second annual conference Labour Women Wales. A resolution calling for support for next June's Labour Party demonstration on this theme was passed unanimously.
Jenny Lynn from NUPE explained now women at Hoover in Merthv Tyafil were fighting for equal rights as part of their general fight for job. at the plant. And Ann Clywd EuroMP. women are now the sole breadwinners in their families.
Unilateralism was also pushed to the top of the coolution opposing Reagan's limited nuclear war plans for Europe and supporting le inclusion or unilateralism in the next Labour Party South Glamorgan councillor, sald. yve aon t want to be Reagan's puppets.
There was a general air of militanLICi comerence Severa resontons were advice Womens Committee, including resolution on nationalisation.
Alan Williams, Swansea MP and a Healey supporter, vited as a guest speaker. women's sociolo ane me marchers wrom Greennam common ALAN JEFFRIES summed up the bitter mood of AUEW members returning for work at the Rover plant in Cardiff. earlier a small majority at the 450 strong plant voted to defy Duffy's return call and to continue the strike.
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Wales lines shared a fear that deteriorating con ditions are just the thin end of the wedge was inSeveral There is Wales for the growing militancy in walked out when he began to attack rin some of the woren's'sections to be inflected at the lovel of organisation Led to Just 24 hours pickets One of the women pickets, Carmen aCEC views of many when 'Duffy's a sack nim. As for he still thinks he's in South member, Pauline these moderates Lne usually Callic We've had small disputes there's never been 'There was a terrible atmosphere in Our working conditions are une plant. Lue. we haven't Convenor, We have to eat our We've been this pany before and now they Rover workers on the Cardiff picket obviously a need in Their gear box production could be movSolihull and the plant wound sunke they hoped to make a stand against this.
Mervyn Mulcahy told us why the Cardiff were particularly Duffy's sabotage ‹ together we'd have stood a chance. ana conower. Edwardes We could have kept this plan ›pen. Now they'll walk all over us But shop steward, Kevin Brady hold up hope that all is not yet lost: 'The vot very encouraging. This but a lot of usuany a mouciale viall on the when the vote to continue strike action "This vote shows that people want to fight redundancies. It is l hard to tell if the sell-out will cut across this, we'll have to set wnat we call ao wiel we gel back ir Dave Coles confirmed determination of the plant leadership to continue the fight when he told workers at the final mass meeting: After taking a stand we now have to recognise the national vote and go back together. But our vote shows there is a will and a foundation to build upon in this plant'.
and for this militancy to be turned outwards towards supporting struggles around unemployment such as • 'at Hobver in Merthyr Tydfit. MANJIT Singh Sehmi is lucky. He was in court charged maliciously throwing a petrol bomb with intent to cause grevious bodily harm and to destroy or damage police property during the 10 July riot.
But the Old Bailey judge, James Miskin QC, ordered the jury to return a not guilty verdict and acAdrian Wold or lying ess cused witness the court.
PC Webb had told the court that he had seen Sehmi throw petrol bomb at police officers in Southall and chased him into e Miskin alley way. But Judge pointed ou that this conflicted with videnc given by PC Webb CONTE 'One or the other statement may be true', said the Judge, 'the other therefore false'.
That left the jury with the word of one other police officer to go on Judge Miskin noted: 'No sensible jury trying a case where in its view it had been id ever believe THIS AN POLICE SOUTHALL another in the same case and who can blame them?
He therefore dismissed the case Manjit Singh Sehm was fortunate. Young peo ple convicted on similar in: Mandhestel Moss Side have receiver Not everybody thinks our police are wonderful jail sentences of up to six ycals But Manjit did not Buring the scuffle at his completely free arrest he received a frac tured skull and a broken nose.
•İsni our police force 'wonderful? 18 November 1981
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