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FIGHTBACK of the planned Cruise missile base. Police arrested 39. Last Sunday, 21st, hundreds of CND demonstrators joined the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp to block the gates rade union conference MARCH 27 GUESS which members of the NUM earn £33 a week. Yes, got it in one - the women. The part-time cleaners, to be precise.
This finally came to the notice of the Yorkshire Area VUM council at their February meeting, when women lobbied the delegates before their meeting.
However, King Arthur is coming to the rescue of the "cinderellas of the industry, as the Yorkshire Miner put It.
He said: "These women are members of our union and we can't pretend they don't exist"
What a relief! But more: "It's high time we repaid them by showing our loyalty. It's time for us to give them our strongest support and make plain to the Coal Board that they must be part and parcel of NUM/NCB agreements"
Aware Strange. Could it be that Arthur Scargill didn't know that he had members who were on such low rates of Ads for Socialist Organiser events and many campaigns are carried free. Paid ads:
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TGWU region 6 southern coordinating committee:
meeting to discuss the Tebbit Bill. Sunday April 4, 10am at Stella Maris, across from Transport House, Salford.
Speaker: Wally Wainwright.
All TGWU members welcome he was pretending that they didn't exist?
TURKEY Turkey Solidarity Campaign Democratic Platform Speakers' Tour Friday March 26. 7.30. Meeting at McLellan Galler ies, Sauchiehall St, Glasgor Chair: a representative of STUC. Also meetings in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London.
Saturday March 27, 2pm. Public meeting at The Pleas ance, 60 The Pleasance, Ed. inburgh. Chair: Secretary of Edinburgh Trades Council. Speakers include Gavin Strang MP.
Monday March 29. Meetings in the Manchester area. Tuesday March 30. 7.30. Public meeting, Bridge Hotel Newcastle upon Tyne. 7.30. Public meeting, Trades Club, Leeds. Also other meetings in Leeds and Newcastle areas.
Wednesday March 31. 7.30. Public meeting, Oxford Town Hall. 7.30. Public meeting, AUEW House, Furnival Gate, Sheffield.
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