Wythenshawe Constituency Labour Party.
a majority.
AS a result Wythenshawe remains suspended • as it has been over six months. Yet through the OCTIOU of its suspension Wythenshawe has succeeded winning both local council parliamentary elections for Labour!
(Manchester Central CLP)
At this year's Labour Russell Tuck, on behalf of the NEC, promised that Wythenshawe would be 'given' a fair AGM from which no-one would be excluded. Val Dunn the suspended Vice-Chair of the Party explained what this turned out to mean: I quite overwhelmed. When 1 first went into the AGM I saw a majority for the right-wing. DUL LIC were people whom I'd never seen before or who had never been active in the Party. A number of lapsed delegates were allowed to attend.
this be allowed to occur? Quite simply because the first instruction of David Hughes wno presided over the meeting was that membersulp caras were not to be checked. But the right lo pack Ine meeting with fake delegates was so blatan that the suspended Wythenshawe officers security benefits, violence.
Those who were inhope that it will become efficient information and resources centre as well as a place meet each other, share experiences and avoid the they might face at home.
The future of the cenLIC. however. remains precarious because the premises due for demolition in three years time. Furthermore, with Executive Committee to this year's Labour Party conference to end the suspension of Manchester David Hughes abandoned the recalled Annual General Meeting of Wythenshawe on 4 November when it became clear that the suspended officers would have were able to challenge a whole series of delegates.
Bill Courtney delegate from UCATT explained: 1 challenged one of the delegates from my own branch of UCATT and pointed out that he was nol a member or the Labour Party. He didn't know what ward he was in and admitted "I'm not a member the Lauvul government grants rontacommg, the centre is entirely reliant upon money raised through various kunarasing acuvites.
Without this the planned ideas developing facilities for women in the area will remain in the heads of those that run the centre.
Loach, Spare Rib)
The November issue of Spare Rib is out now, including the first section of an A to Z of feminism with information, addresses facts essential for all activists. Party but I've our come to neto The challenges went on for two halt hour unti David Hughes closed the meeting saying that there were irregularities. He said that there would not another AGM until these problems' are solved pomica lo une probiem of District Labour Party.
Vendetta What lies behind the vendetta against the Wythenshawe the creasing. success of Manchester Party activists in removing Conuel • elected on a promise of unity WHILE the majority of women who go to industrial tribunals claiming discrimination Jose their men seem to have much more SUCCES Take the recent case of Doctor James Drummond. This poor man was refused job Heathrow's health unit because the department had a women-only selection policy.
Hillingdon health
•T MUST STAY OPEN rightwing replacing socialists Ine night Wythenshawe ing that Ma:
not be • allow e way of Londo field right of CLPs to sa.= = COLO own affairs. Neil Kinnoci was elected as leader of the Labour Party on the promise of Party unity His attitude to the witct hunt against Wythenshawe and left wing councillors in Manchester will be a test of just how much value should be placed on Lilal promise authority had decided this year to take on only women doctors at the airport because man Asian women refused to be examined by men on religious grounds.
Under the Sex
Discrimination Act there is provision for employ. ing only women in such circumstances. But the industrial tribunal knew better, and decided that wasn't necessary for the job to be done by Dr Drummond was awarded f250 compensation.
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DAVID HUGHES, Labour Party National Agent, has broken the public promise made by the National
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