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*Women to take on positions of leader- union structute, which is almost exclusively domin*Joint price committees of trade union- ing that "women won't fight for their rights". ' This, ists and housewives to organise the fight of course, was proved wrong in the now famous *For a sliding scale of wages on top of after the betrayal by full time officials.

| The bankrupt policies of the labour and trade union bureaucrats has serious implications for women's fight against oppression. Forced to stifle the struggle for policies which will actually win disputes and begin to challenge capitalism, the bureaucracy has pushed womens' rights questions into the background.

In some cases the forcing of women out of employment and back into the home has been fostered by trade union leaders as a solution to their male members own problems.

Woman Worker is published by the Workers Socialist League as part of the fight to mobilise women together with the working class in the international fight against capitalism. As Trotskyists we are fighting to reconstruct the Fourth International-the world party of socialist revolution-to lead the struggles of the working class.

Our programme, based on the Transitional Programme, is directed towards linking women's struggles for democratic rights and against economic oppression, with the need to overthrow capitalism. ship within the unions in order to fight for these policies.

against inflation.

flat rate increases: for wages to be linked to price increases as assessed by elected price committees.

*For strike action and occupations to defend the health, education and social services and threatened factories.

*For open-the-books committees to discover the real financial state of the social services, and private companies threatening closure.

*For nationalisation under workers' management without compensation of firms that declare themselves bankrupt.

*Against all anti-abortion legislation-for free abortion and contraception on demand and workers and consumers control of the health service.

*Solidarity with struggles of women internationally against oppression by international imperialism or by the Stalinist bureaucracies in the deformed workers states.

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Send your Sociallist P mouth Park Hill, London mouth Parl NW5 IHR wages However, the women are by no means taking the full part they can, and should play within the ated by men.

The bureaucracy uses this as an excuse for not improving the low wage system, consistently assertLeeds clothing strike in 1970 when a substantial wage increase was won by women strikers even .€1.80 £3.60 ,€7.00 €13.00 reque/P.O. to s, 31, DartHill, London Please send about the W League.

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This from a government which is dedicated to maintaining a situation in the clothing industry where workers can still legally receive £25-£35 for a 40 hour week.

This union leadership will not fight, indeed it is not capable of the kind of sharp political battles now emerging within textiles. The struggle for their removal is on and must follow these policies:

*Stop the closures in textiles-occupy the factories.

*Maximum cooperation with workers in the supply and retailing sectors. Open the books of the bosses.

Kick out the shareholders. For a controlled and managed textile industry DETAILS One more d orkers Sor 31, Dartmouth Park Hill, London

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worker FIGHT CUTS UP ? OCTOBER 1976 DAILY Pr all over the country by officials relentlessly inform### NUPE SAYS SAVE JOBS!

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