delegate Delegates to the TUC Conference should be women. Pretty obvious, i you have thought. But it was actually controversial among very the three hundred delegates to this year's conference, only passing by a whisker The delegates also sent a strong message to Norman Willis that Congress House cuts tunities first, as they had with the amalgamation of the TUC's equal rights department with areas as varied as environmenal protecaor militancy, the Blackpool conference agreed a campaigning agenda, sending a message ol solidarity to women in Ireland and asserting irish women's right to choose.
MSF delegate Ann Hope pointed out that We are repre sented as part of the United Kingdom when it comes to repressive legislation such as anti-union law, but not when it comes to extending the Abor tion Act.
called for a union campaign for uncondifional cancellation of the third world debt, and a new focus on the rise of racism and fascism Women for Socialism and the Socialist Movement Trade Union Committee held a fringe meeting Women in Striggle Speakers from the eight-monthlong camden suike describcd heir experiences Anna need to fight the anti-union legislation and Carolyn Sikorski (SMTUC) outlined the history of women's militancy in the British Trade Union move ment.
Vanetti Almeida from the Brazillian rural workers federation spoke about the struggle of women in unions and the resistance male trades unionists to their involvement. violence directed at union actake action.
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