SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Pregnant sacked

Socialist Action No. 173, 23 October 1987 · pp. 11-12 of the scan · 159 words

The scan: 173-oct-23-1987-SA-UK.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 11 of the scan

quite clear that whelming majority Notts pits 'uneconomic' _by Board's . standards.

At Calverton itself, for example, coal is produced al over £3 per gigajoule compared with Board's target of £1.50.

Despite recurrent reluctance • of the majority ot ine NuM's nanonai ex ecutive Scargill Heathfield both believe that majority of the membership stands with them.. In reply to member's question, Scargill said tha! favours putting the deci stan over spent i did in action in the hands of the vening a special delegate woman AN apprentice the hairdresser sacked from her job because she was pregnant won £2066 compensation at a tribunal last week. This is the fifth such finding by tribunals in recent months but by no means gives job security to women, The cash award is nititu and the Com Appeal ruied in March that a woman seiected for redundancs because she wa pregnant had not been unfairly dismissed.

page 12 of the scan

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