fret: Maric Claire "Give ne 2 million healthy babice..." (Gcncral de Gaulle, 1946) Is it vital for France that woncn sliuld heave nore children? The birth rate has gone down since 1963 (18. 1 births per 1,000 inhsbitants in 1963, 16.8 in 1967). The right-wing prose daguepess oxprcescs ite "“discay" aad, in order te eneourac the French to procreatc, the goverm.cnt hes rocontly promised a riso in tho children's ellowance, The statistics quetud may indood inprose the man in the struct. But tho statisticians in charge of tho I.N.8.D. (Institut Wationel a@'Btudcs Den QSraEpiLi guise - Naticnal Imetitute of Dencgrenphice Studics) who provided the soverniont with the above quoted figurve rofusc to be bullied into the povermcont's “rors babics" propagandne Thcoy rockon that a span <f 3 yoars ia not cn mugh to give & proper basis for am analysis cf the duiwgraphic situation and that eiywy cthor pice: of information should be taken into acecumt. In 1966, they had alrcady publishod a report stating that "the way peupl. planned thcir fenily accerdine to thoir ccononic situation, oducation and roligion should be emalyscd". They dcoplerod that in France the information om how and why Froneh people used birth control wes eo badly doveleped. This report wos a t comumtad on by tho. govornncnt. It was better to forget it (implying thet, tho loss people wore told about "thesc things" tho-nore children thuy wore likely to have). As fer the "neans of cnecuraging birth" which wore suggcet.d in th; scecnd part of the report, it scous that the govormiont tock noticc of one anly: the raising of the childron's allowance,
There arc now 1,800,000 954 to 1962 the munbor of
working pothors with onc :
avorage fur of con infant: sche 2 in the industricl north of France, Ana in
Paris onc child ie admitted int: ry 150 whi apply.
liprevencnte of theec varicue p ay the TLE.D.
ordor to help gfe Asc = roeasonab woll as
raticnalisation of theo ~ melng f the income tax
Sy StH - ote... thing | ot Bove years things have
grown worse if peesible, “ik “fuece to-mipport the
govermont"s frantie birth policy. It is vary doubtful ae woll thet Frenel
Francs! dincrense in children's ce (And tho "nillion henlthy tebics"
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duction of “complete cquality" be
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mensurce if cqual Pe v ie ewerdcd. Most abnorial workin: ¢c nditions arc the
result cof bad pla r 1 inwffici
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laticnel eercuicnits botwoon oopliyers trade undona: az eotiat with the
erticular needs of the industry concernmcd in tind, Th industry, for
iGninantly Banned by wien werkurs, cx my wooen already work night shifts
mnitocnis or buffcts,.
If it is argucd that, for wan to reegive cqunlity, they oust aecopt all. tha
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as reports I =. th a Toup opposed
qual poy without. the B of work ote, This is
incorrect. I want the aystai of collective bareaining to c ntimu to operate between omagunont and trade unions. Where notionsl arrecients are drawn up te :cet tho roquircucnts of a certain industry, to ranove protective Llogislotion for workers would only allow industry to boeeno mere and nore incfficiont nd five workecra léee loieure hours with their favilics, If there is a strong case for won or mon to work nbhnoryl fours, 16t it bu froely nesotiatad. I.do not think the Pord Motor Coupany has «2 strong casa for trying to enforce conditions with an equal pey word, ‘Tho sowing machinists, for-inatancs, can stockpile large quantitics cf cer seat-covers duriny the norsel day-slift workdne hours. The only probles which could orise durine nipint=—shift hours is a ‘term sent—cover Or Aan cricrsoncy ¢ 1
any in the -intorier- colour sehow of cnc cr“twoccrre:— Sach situctions aro olrcady adequately covered by two or throc cnle sewin,; machinists on night—-shift, Thoy do not rocciv. bisher prading retue bot only nisht—ehift praiviwis to ecotipensnte tha. The firn is aware that ite canpower requircumte do not have te include wricn doing night work on shift systaie. This is just snothur rod herring to delay the inplenentaticon of ¢qual pay in.itse csetcablisitiunts. This is « repost of the tactics opornted by tha manag cit in toe sowing oachinistea'’ elein for their-prepor eroding of “eoilled werkore" in the wigo structure. Vouxhalis hove hed equal poy for their waiien usployvucs fur a ma ber of years, basad on 926 plus’ > for spceial allowencecs, with no conditions a biiaaaanies a. My ow union, the Hationnl Unicen of Vehicle Builders, has an agreccunt wider the United Kinsico
¥ ¥ Wacce Bonrd for the Velicla Industry whore wron's roteus arc the et ¢ as mele labourers, and sewing mnchiniste at Burlinghsi, Blackpocl, arc roeciving tho full ple rote, Thuro wee ne gqucsaticon hore thet lugisletiin bec te be altured to make such nwerds,
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The International Labour Ore‘nisaticn dccs nct propebo nny cltcra coumtzy's logisiction for the introduction of oqusl rétinoreaticn for “Ga nnd wornen workers for work of aqunl value under ite Convention 100. ILO (article 2) stetce: "This principle any be appliocd by (a) national laws or reculaticne: (b) legally cstablishcd cr reecpmised tachinery fcr mee Cater inaticn, (¢) eclcetive asreuuonts between upluyers and workers. (a) a coebineaticn cf thease varivuus Avene. In its 1964 cleetion manifsets th. Lebour Party priiscd the "richt to cqual pay," yot in 1967 the ILO in Gonewm wis infir ied thet thie Sritish UCVOrMnent wie unnble UNDERCOVER AGENT = One of the ——y er the Kiss Winter Bikini contest in Canada, didn't really expect to win. Patricia Conacher, a student at the University of Toronto, walked onto the outdoor platform in 10-depree weather sporting a fur coat, like all the other contestants. But when she threw aside the coat she revealed - not a bikini, but a dress and a sign that read: "I have a mind." She was supported by a picket line from the Women's Liberation Movement who were protesting the fact that women should have to display their bodies in public in order to win the first prize, a $300 scholarship.