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Tight organisation centred around the hard-Left magazine South Wales Labour Briefing resulted in delegates to the Labour Women Wales conference three times revolting against the official line Voting coups on policy mouons were ronowea by the election of a hard-Left ning next vcar ference. And everv ICILwinger being promoted for the committee for Wales was elected.
ference - held in Cardiff I ne CUll on Saturday 10 November - has previously reflected the conservative attitude of the party in Wales.
Anne Delaney, delegate of the engineering said, We have managed AUEW (TASS) SalO the breakthrough. Two of HOO tions were passed. And the one which was lost failed by only a small margin' The women activists won a large majority for the demand that the Welsh be allowed to send five motions to the Weish party's main annual conference in the spring.
The night-deminates Wales Decause iner said it would lead to women losing in return some of their rights at ine main conference.
A demand that women members on the national executive committee elected by rather than by the party in general was also passed Jn ine thir the platform could muster only a small majority for its opposition to a women's rights demand that every shortlist for both parliamentary and local government elections must include women, should one apply.
Delegates have few doubts that this demand women next year. feminism socialism are inseperable, said Gill Jenkins of Cardiff.
The women's rights activists pinpoint their opposition as coming from two sections of the party - the Right and Militant conerence bulletin contain long attack on Militant' views. But most unions are also criticised for lack of support for rights.
Anne Delaney said, 'We have got to get across that we are not anti-men: it is a matter of extending conierence voted to support total op position to Tory policies 'even if it means breaking Stevi Jackson, of Cardiff, one of the organisers of South Wales Brietino group. told the conference, "The question is, do we implement Policy or Labour policy?' Kinnock The conference passed unanimously motion deploring 'the inflammatory statement of Leon Brittan (Home Secretary) wheaten! picketing miners with life imprison. Michil and his reference to jackboots, which is far more applicable to the role the police this dispute.' The conference called for full support of a rally by miners' wives in Cardiff December leader Mr Neil Kinnock was accused of 'scabbing' on the miners strike for refusing to speak at the ofVera of Cardiff urged the conference, 'write your strongest letters of com plaints to the national exthe Parliamentary Labour Neil Kinnock has been scabbing mine:s.
This article is a shortened version of one written The Western Mail. WOMEN SPEAKERS: ANN Terry Thomas David Bookbinder Neil Daries Esa Daries Anita Gale United We Will Win
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