ONE OF the most important debates at this year's Action Committee (WAC) that the five women's places on the NEC should be elected by the national Labour women's conference has been building up steady support in the party and Already at the time of the 1985 party conference this tuency parties and COHSE. This year a further two unions, the NUR and UCATT, were won to this demand. At the NCU conference the demand was only lost by 5,000 votes.
After years of trying to ignore women's organisa tion in the party the union enceros were this year to move decisiveNUPE put down resolution at the women's which presented compromise', but which gave no detinite mohts to the Ine eecLon of the NEC places or other key issues. Power WAC voted against a proposal which would not nove crence DOWCI of the women's conference and most importanty not resulted in the places on the NEC being elected women's conference, nuit welcomed increased union interest in the question. It put forward a pro posal for an electoral college at the women's conference to elect the vomen's SACS demands on the NEC.
and the specific proposal for an electoral college.
have received 19 resolutions and amendments in support for this year's party conference.
The leaderships have also conAPEX and the UCW putung resolanons and amendments to party conterenc organisation.
APEX's resolution would simply introduce a weighted union vote, based on Inen women in each union, into ference. however promises no increased powers the NUM, NUPE for the conference at all. There would still be no election of the places on the Labour Party or the right ot women's conterence to move resolutions to party National Conference Women Women's Organisation T
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party conference is going to be on the question of women's organisation. The demand of the Women's
demand was supported by the national Labour women's conference, by the majority of the consti-