Women for Life on Earth
Socialist Organiser1983 1983-02-17Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 12 →
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After Greenham Common, women are taking the initiative LAST week the Women for Life on Earth' group held a round-the-clock vigil for the week outside the Royal Ordnance Factory in Cardiff.
Methods for making parts for bombs and bullets at this - one of the largest ordnance factories in the country are a closcly guarded secret. But information has come to light that the factory processes deadly radioactive uranium-238 and beryllium (a highly toxic heavy metal). These substances are being released into the atmosphere or flushed down the drains.
Women for Life on Earth' have been leafletting the workers in the factory and the arcą around.
The factory is next to government building COMplex where thousands work, in a mainly residential area.
Apart from the possible dangerous pollution, the presence of the Royal Ordnance Factory makes Cardiff prime nuclear target in the event of a holocaust.
The local CND group and Labour Party have been making inquiries about the ROF. They should follow the lead of Women for Life on Earth' and start taking some action.
Tony Benn has asked a question in parliament about the nature of the processes and the danger to the area. No reply has yet been given by the government. Cardiff Trades Council has promised to keep trade union branches security.
CND supporters in the labour movement must pose real alternatives for employin Cardiff, too demand that the facts about the secret processes in the factory are made public.
Sarah Bryant