IMGpapers 1968–75

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–75

WOMEN TO STRIKE IN ICELAND

Red Weekly No. 122, 23 October 1975 · p. 11 of the scan · 235 words

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page 11 of the scan

OCE OUR AND sure that this Committee is not set up again in the next Parliamentary session.

from Brighton NAC, urged local Constituency Labour Parties to demand that Labour MPs recognise that "abortion is not a matter of conscience" and vote against all restrictive legislation and vote for Right to Choose" in law.' trade unions which sponsor MPs on to call for the removal of represLEND legislation establishing "A woman's end discrimination.

The amendment also called on to demand that they vote to oppose all restrictions on abortion, and went morning. been ColC Women workers in Iceland - aimost all of whom are employed in the lowest paid jobs - have called a 24-nour strike for this Friday as part of their struggle to According to an opinion poll, the strike is likely to be 90 per cent sucessful, and will paralyse economic life on the island. The telephone system, staffed almost exclusively by women, is certain to stop functioning. As a result, shops, banks and most offices have already announced that they will be Aa une news papers will not be appearing the next The Icelandie women will also be using this action to protest at the failure of the trade union leaders to improve the position of women. An indication of the bureaucrats' attitude is the fact that there is not a single woman on the Icelandic equivalent of the TUC

← CAMPAIGN TAKES BIG STEP FORWARDSPUC, NAC & IS →

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