March-April, 1969 Vol. 1, No. 2
Pro-tem editorial board: Jo O'Srian, Ann Torode, Antonia Gorton, Marie Claire
Signed articles do not necessarily reflect editorial opinion.
Contents: Immigrant Women in Southall Fage 5
Why a S.W.C.? Page 1 Equal Pay at Men's Expense? “heh
Equal Pay= The First Step Pris Canadians "Drink-In" t+ cB
Scottish Conference Mis 4 Allons Enfants n". 36
Women & Workers Control rh Fight at Ford's " LU
only 1 in ten receives equal pay, Opportunities for female apprenticeships are dismally low, in management only 5% of the total are women, and in science and oS technology only 23%. We should demand full maternity leave, mrseries attached i to the place of work and organise women workers to reject the concept of "two jobs". 8 ee Unions mst be forced to accept equal pay as an urgent need, requiring immediate * industrial action,
We m Finally, we must examine and restate the role of women in history and reject the 7 bourgeois propaganda that women have made no contribution. They can and will con- ake time to do so in their roles as human beings, We must orcanise ourselves to afte make these demands real and pressing, educate ourselves and rain confidence in our ‘hoo ability to act. Socialist Women's Committees can and should be formed everywhere rej possible =- with mitual co-operation and militancy. Orranise should be our keyword, = “
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