National Association of Local Government Officers in the talks.
Many who voted for the return to wore saw simply a suspension of hostilities. The meeting also voted unanimously for a resolution put by an IMG memher.
ASTMS to orgaitise a national delegate conference of all university computer staff in Britain, Last week's mass meeting also called oD ASTMS to prepare a national strice of computer staff in univercities, This was elegato conference by Sonday's meeting.
THE DANGER The danger of the return to work is that the momentum of the strike is lost term. Neither will the national negotiations ine negomatoes can paspare a compromis without the embarrassing position of navira to persuade the strikers to accept.
Many slaff fell that a strike could not period. To deal with that danger the preparation for 1 national strike should Seattish and British waiversities like Bath, which have been in straggle must casure thar the projected delegato conference sets a date for strike action in late seprember The wil lot the gris.
possabie to unire will other sections in the breastes particesty Lee students.
Red IVeek y Saturday's meeting in Landon of the Working Homers' Charter laid the hasis for future activity in the campaig Dodie Weppler, a spokesperson for the IMG, argued for placing the campaign firmily in the working class movement, but also recognising the severe limitations of the trade union structures, ALL ASPECTS She explained that the importance of the Charter was that it tried to tackle all aspects of women's oppres sion. This included nursery facilities, contraception and abortion, legal status, ere. It does not separate these into trade union issues and poutical or social questions.
The IMG dierefore suegested that besides having trade union, workplace, all trades coonal altimarions, women's TOUPS POORERE DRECIDES E0d CERE Charter's demands. The women's movement hac valuable corners a ganne around the political content of many of these deands.
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The International SocinLits-putting in their first appearancs of the campaign organisations were on the outside.
They suggested that women who the purpose of having political organisathe role of women to take decisions on such matters.
that we were scrious, in order to got the sapport of male worken. This simplistic unions. Nor does it capisie why the majority of mon in the unions remain indifferent to Us. Furtbermore it has no answer to how aighty militant and wry democratic sctivity in the factory. situated in the present terns of reference of the unions is going to have any decisive effect, either on the practical situation or consciousness of women.
The conference agreed that delegate le they showed tien acase support of me status wouic be open roamon bradenes trades councils and shop floor groups working around the Charter. Chiner showel their ahility to mobilise on the VoDEL Mg. The proposal to include hammored away un the theme of rank and.
Tile movernenes. They argued that women's wanted to get involsed could do it through spokesperson for 15 was unclear what wat Lions affiliated. In iS, she said, It was not lems of unionisation, low pay, discriniThe 15 policy hailed down to showing -HEUUIL - including women's could send delegates ll they Charter: Indivicuals could attend wither. political ormnisations was defeated by EAST ANGLIA The East Anglia Working Hongn't Charter Group ans set up at a conference wa in Coldester on Equal Pay and attended by over 50 delegutes, from anions, jobs and organisations The conference discussed the prob•prist women-by bold emplayers and A play by the Red Ladder Group pinpointed how the many difficulties and problems faced by women and rooled in the woman's satuation in the claims The coaference caded with a discussion on toe Working Homen's Charter, and agreed to set up a regional Charmer Group committee When the tint meeting of the Chaser Group took place it was decided to get as much support in the local retrade unito movement as possblo. A -PaE cochinee was sot up and delegates comoteed themselves to orgaaise proopsin their own localities The hain campaige will be on die issues of low and equal pay. The Group wUt abo organise support for women workers fighting for higher pay and union roug: aition strugales which are already taking Place in the Colchester area,
movement."