Modernising the Party Giving Women a Political

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Speakers:

Alice Mahon MP Maureen O'Mara, NUPE Ann Pettifor, LWAC Margaret Prosser, TGWU SHIKISHA, the Zulu during Labour Women's conference.

The social is and LWI. Venue is "Leisure World'.

Tickets are £2.50/£1.50.

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Saturday 25 June 5.30pm, Southcliffe Hotel, Kings Room (opposite conference centre) women's group South Africa, will play at Saturday night's social jointly organised by the Yorkshire Regional Women's Comittee, WAC abortion campaigns - In the NCU for disaffiliation from NAC, in the CPSA for a 'neutral' position on abortion and therefore no policy on Alton reaffirmed their existing positions.

Unions The actions of the Parliamentary and Labour leadership were way out of line with the views of the majority of the movement. Walworth road refused all appeals from CLPs, the naand a number of regional womens and conferences, for firm action such as a 3 line whip.

The Deputy Leader, among many others in the woman's right choose and Kinnock is known to have personally fought for the insertion of the 'right of conscience into the NEC statement on Alton at 1987 conference, in defiance of voted policy.

Not only did the Labour leadership show itself way out of line with opinion in the labour movement, but was willing to take quite exceptional measures to shield some of the most reactionary elements in the presently in the PLP.

A similar clash is evident in the Policy Review. At ine same ume as VIL" tually all the large unions including the TGWU, GMBATU, NUPE, USDAW - are embarking on campaigns to recruit women and at least beginning to grapple with the implications for policy and

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Socialist Action - July 1988