women who support the strike.
Miners from Yorkshire Main, Manvers Kilnhurst have now been for three to four Villages like Conisborough, MexWath NOTOURI feeling the financial already. But contrary to the images in the media that women are anti strike and anti union, these communities women solid support of the strike. They know what is at stake.
Quite few miners' wives work in the Sheffield engineering industry and factory. come Illy Women delegates at this year's TUC La small The media has ignored the tens of thousands of Their's is the only income to the household while the strike lasts.
'Scargill said there was a hit list two years ago. He has been proved right' miner's wire explained. 'One thousand pounds a year doesn't last on Talking of the women in Nottinghamshire, 1 was told 'They must be stupid, they should be ashamed of themselves, so should their husbands' There are no illusions about the effects of the strike. TVs and videos are already being returned or rentals rescheduled Miners' coal has been to all except the elderly. Holidays aren't getting booked Barnsley Chamber of Commerce is already seriously worried about the effects of the strike on shopkeepers.
Women over
Barnsley nave SCU UD support group. Others NUM have contacted officials expressing their willingness to go down ana sort out the 'Let get down there and we'll have Id shine done the lici woman told me, care how long my husband has to be out on strike if he has a job at the end of it.
You've got to think of the future' Another said 'WOMEN IN SUPPORT of Miners' was formed by six wives and miners' mothers at Woolley and North Gawber pits last week and membership is reported to be growing rapidly.
Joan Davison spokesperson for the group told the local press: "the vast majority support the present action. The women in Notungual are up. Aren't the men capable of going to work on their own?' "Many women feel isolated. This group was formed to show that wives are backing their husbands.
tion and we want to prove that we are 100 per cent behind the men.
"They
that they had another five years, and closed them just like that. Nobody's job is safe'. of miners families stupid and showing their husbands The groups main role is to unite strikers' wives.
'We think this strike is the only course of ac-
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A LOT of publicity has been given to number of miners' wives in Nottinghamshire who oppose the miners strike.