Plasnewydd Women's Section 'WE ARE not being treated equal to the men', Socialist Challenge was told by Pat Goode, of Hoovers in Merthyr Tydfil.
The Equal Opportunities Commission will probably have to be called in for the second time this year to deal discrimination the plant.
About thirty women have seen made perma. nent in the canteen after being Laus Cucu 11UL1 other sections on porary basis. of these women come the bagging machine section: at least five were moved inThis secstead of the men. tion is due for closure as work is being sent to Cambuslang Scotland. Management's desire to speed up the transfers have resulted in this decision to get une wondi HILe the canteen and keep them LEICIC.
So far only one woman in the whole plant is permanently on the assembly line.
By making the women permanent in the canteen, management can close down the bagging department more quickly than Pat Goode told us 'Our section should never have accepted This agreement. Men will be taking on the one one wower have been transferred permanent v to the canteen. Now men can go on the line, women are stuck in the canteen, and managerun down the Ice call section as fast as it likes.
On 4 September the Wales against women s aemonstrating this kino 0) discrimmation which leads job loss for will Pontypridd to Cardiff ther information from Wales women s rights committee renorris 410484 or Burry 741136.
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