THE POTENTIAL of the Working Women's Charter campaign as a means of stimulating a whole range of activitles against the op pression of women was clearly shown on Saturday at a Conference on the Charter called by Newcastle Trades Council and attended by 100 trade unionists, women's moerzaon acavists and students Amks the campaigns launched was one against James White's amendment to the 1967 Abortion Act and for abortion on demand from the NHS in the North Eastthe need for women to organise in separate calicuses to force the unions to take up the struggle against sexism at all levels, including in theit own rankt A motion caponea ats be occang ap or womca s caucuses was owerwhelmingt passedprojecting them clearly as instruments of rank and fle action rather than the sops that trade union offleials sometintes dish out to worren in the form of firmly controlled women's sub-committees.
for nursery and afterschool facilities was also initinted. This is becoming a particularly urgent problem because the Labour controlled Council has already made it clear that grants to pre-school facilities will be the first to go if cut-backs are лесезвагу. an independent Charter goap which sould have the support of the Trades Council but would be open to representatives of all organisations willing to support the Charfer actively. The importance of including woneh a groups aue tonants assocmaons thus involving women trapped in the private domestic work situation- was part ticularly stressed.
Hilary Wainwright There was also a lengtliy discuasion on A public meeting to begin a campaign Finally a decision was taken to set up RED VEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
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