National Union of Railwaymen INCORPORATING THE NATIONAL UNION OF ROAD TRANSPORT OPERATIVES strike committee in Right to Work demonstration.
— no nipping off to the pub!
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debate about A Woman's Right to Work ELAINE CROSS from the Laurence Scott Manchester and JOAN TAYLOR, another Scott's worker talked to Socialist Challenge recently about the role of women in the dispute and why they would support a Woman's ELAINE: There are about 35 women in the dispute and all of them have played an exceptional role On the pickets they always do their full six hours If it's on a Sunday they cook the dinner before they come out. If they don't have time and the husbands can't do it themseives — then they have Women are slow at coming forward but when And we've had to tell the men a few things. On the very first day we started - they thought I was just there for brewing up. So, at first, 1 did it. And I said, "Men have been on the moon and they can't even make themselves a cup of tea! Now they do it all the time! After that they were fine.
At first, as well, they never asked me to go on delegations but after 1 took it up they were OK.
In fact they recognise the role of the women now. When the stewards go and speak they always point out what the women are doing in the dispute. You never hear our lads talking about the men in the LSE dispute like some people do - our lads My union, TASS, are always boasting what But there's three TASS women in this dispute and we've heard nothing from our officials. We've got to fight Boyd and I think women have as much right to a job as a man. It's no good saying women should stay a nome and look after the kids — men have got kids as well — we don't go our and buy them in a super I think the Woman's Right to Work march is JOAN: These days there's so many women bringing up families on their own too and anyway - 1 think that if a woman wants to go out to work she -but I've never wanted to stop at home. I want something to keep my mind acWhen they say women should stay at home, Maggie Thatcher doesn't stay at home herse pity - it's u ELAINE: Maggie Thatcher's not a woman, she's a - you can't blame women for what she The Festival for Women's Rights against Tory Attacks, held earlier this year, called upon the demonstration on a Woman's Right to Work. the organise a The Labour Party has responded with the decision to organise a festival on 5 June 1982. The Acwas formed around the original proposal intends to keep up the pressure Over the next months, Socialist Challenge will have a regular column with news, views, facts and