WOMEN of the mining communities up and down backlash' against workers' struggles. These women have shown themselves to be one of the most class conscious groups of people.
that abounds in the labour movement that women workers are an obstacle to struggle.
When women from Kent are proud to stand alongside our men.' But they were also striking a mighty blow for women.
women are marching, be it for abortion, equal pay or equal rights, we will expect the miners' union to play their part, saying: 'We are proud to stand alongside our sisters.' JUDE CLIFFE, from Aylesham in Kent, who was at the centre of organising the Leicester march last week.
'The for the march came wen a w women in the village got OllICI women around the miners' We held SUIKC emergency meeting and 40 turned up. This was our first surprise as we hadn't expected so many.
.wP decided we wanted to march through Nottingham. So we sav the the next day. ana iney askea us to suck Leicester that within Kent area for picketing. Let's hope it also lays to rest the sexist nonsense marched through Coalville in Leicester last week they explained: 'We The NUM can be quite sure that the next time WOODWARD spoke to KAY SUT'We marched to the Miners' Welfare Club, and inere were two women there who were against us. 'A couple of us spoke to three miners' wives who were there. We got them to calm down and in the end they Cult pathetic. They asked us to go and have a cup of tea with them. "They didn't get to the point of saying they would ask their hushands to go they had never heard our before. The! hadn't understood that it IS JOHN CONNELL (Allerton Bywater colliery in Yorkshire, picketing in Lancashire)
DEALING WITH the police is like dealing with organised army with our arms tied behind our backs. They can fight us, not allowed to fight back. It's like trying to kick bums when you've only got one leg The strike's been hav. ing an effect, government is keeping a low profile to try and keep sympathy away from the miners. they'll go back to court a Miners' bring us all together.
IT they gel us on une run, well then they'll twist ment it would just win us sympathy.
The people • that determined will remal so. and those who want to go back won't change either. It's those I's count. No one can ale the middle ford a strike so I don't think the hardship will make much difference what anyone decides. But HAHO CHIU long time to save money as work hard for it, so people dip what they've got But they shouldn't call a ballot. Ihe executive on 12 April will only call a ballot if they are cowering in front of the press
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the country have put a nail in the coffin of Fleet Street's attempts to whip up the so-called 'women's
and BRENDAN DAWSON