Telephonists and postroun workers hostly women-joined 38 clerical workers (members of APEX) on Monday in the week long strike at the Hasker Siddeley factory in Woodford. Cheshire.
They are lighting for equal pay for women, bot on Mo nday morning most of the pickets were men. "You'se cot to scand together, laven'tyou"" said wne. and ancllcr pointed Queenal dis iichonr. whom he was replacing oo the parkee ne soe tae morning, had heen working at Hawker-Skideley honger than lin and was carning L4 less The strikers are demanding a weekly ig of £1.50 for the women, as the Tirst stace' of brinping them into line with the provisions of the Equal Pay Act. Since Decemher I9/2 Che towesEraie tor wonen EH the factory has been E17 and for men 621.50, Last vear lemule workers roccived notice of job evaluation witich announced thai several of them would receive Tha incrasse 150 Do 193, aer s a a 'some were already receiving the substantive rate according to the Act, APX werkers hast also been on suike aE tHecancI Hawker-Siddeley factory at Chaderton near Oldham, and both groups lse raised a levy amongst sympathetic fellow workers in other unions to bring strike pay clour de nornsal waees Bul dr tne sirisc bsto bc won as the women workers' representative said: "We need support-moncy espeually -The strikers have no illusies in the Act, They know that it contains plenty of boopholes for the einplnyers in the form of job evaloation, grading schemes amd so on, and that there are ou penalticy written in for emplryers who fael to comply with its provisions, 4 Victor for industria achon bere, hawing ine carler 11-weck strugale at Salfund Electrical Insinuments. would therefore really show the way to the millicins of women workers who stel suffer inm ARSOSETISTAEOSE Please send all donations fo: Strike Fund, c/o 33A Longshut Lanc West, Stockporl, Cheshire.
Flying pickets in action at Ipswich during last year's miners' strike. The Home Secretary, Robert Carr labove), warned this week that a special intelli-