Unemployed women hold conference

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Campaign: seminar from 2pm and concert from 7pm Saturday October 31, at the main building, North London Polytechnic, Holloway Road, London N1.

Camden Socialist Organiser meeting: Smash the 49 wage limit', with speaker Alan Thornett (TGWU Cow ley Assembly Plant, in personal capacity). Wednesday November 11, from 7.30 at Camden Labour Club, Carol St.

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Conference November 13-15, at Queen Mary College, London. Details: CND, 11 Goodwin St, London N4.

St Mary's Hospital, London W9: support conference for the struggle against closure. Saturday November 21, from 11am at Porchester Hall, Porchester Rd, London W2.

South West London Labour Committee on Ireland meeting: Tuesday November 3, from 8pm at Starr House, 57 Church Rd, Richmond. Speaker: Pat Byrne.

South West London Socialist Organiser meeting with John O'Mahony (Socialist Organiser EB) plus a BL shop steward: Tuesday Nov ember 17, from 8pm at the Fox and Hounds, Upper Richmond Rd (near Putney BR station).

The Campaign for Democratic Rights in Turkey is organising a conference for Saturday December 12, from 10.30 to 5pm at NUFTO Hall, Jockeys Fields, London WC1.

Labour movement organisations are invited to write to the CDDRT, 29 Parkfield St, London N1, for credentials. Delegate's fee is £3.

This could provide an important opportunity to discuss and develop more united solidarity with the struggle in Turkey, and readers are urged to scek delegacies. THE Tories not only deny the right of women to work and drive them back into the home - they actually deny the existence of women's unemployment. The official figure of three million excludes more than half a million married women who don't register as they are not eligible for benefits, and also thousands of part-timers who aren't counted as unemployed because they aren't seeking full time work.

The right of women to work is a fundamental right that the whole of the labour movement should take up. It is something that get verbal acceptance, but when it comes to the crunch men's jobs are still seen as the top priority.

Tackle

Two important initiatives are taking place to tackle this.

The Action Committee for a Woman's Right to Work is campaigning and mobilising for a major labour movement demonstration. The Labour Party is committed to some sort of event and June 5th has been suggested. The Action Committee is planning conference to discuss mobilising for the demonstration, on February 20th.

Charter

Much sooner, (Friday October 30th) there is to be eration of the unemployed, No.16 October 1881 Monthly the women's MOVEMENT FIGHTBACK VOMEN'S specifically to deal with the problems unemployed and unwaged women face.

A draft charter for unemployed and unwaged women has been drawn up by women from Southwark and Islington unemployed groups. This will be discussed and then put to the Unemployed Workers' Conference the next day.

Discussion on the Friday will include: how to organise as women, problems of isolation, problems as claimants such as co-habitation rules, and catering for women's needs in unemployed centres.

A video film made at the National Festival for Women's Rights will be shown.

The aim of the day is to establish a women's organisation as part of the national Unemployed Workers' Movement.

It is open to all women -but only unwaged and unemployed can vote.

10 p Friday 30th October, North London Poly, Holloway Road, N.7. Creche available. For information, contact Frances O'Grady at 1 Tollington Place, N4. 2724973.

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