THE FIRST national conference of Women Against Pit Closures will be held in Sheffield on 17 August. With over 1000 women expected to attend, it promises to be a huge event which will consolidate thę organisațion of women from munities into a permanent body fighting alongside the mineworkers' union in defence of jobs and comElLC.
'wo mam issue are on the agenda: future action, diu organisation." Guest speakers Arthur Scargill, Peter Heathfield, WITEK McGahey will present the case for the cónmauled closures and for the unity The discussion WAPC WedlusaL aims to give women from the minine communities a democratic and permanent structure, with a national committee composed of delegates from each area.
Conference will have the opportunity to change or -LIC draft proposals.
Consideration of future actions will be overthe mining comwhelmingly dominated by the two main issues fac• ing the union: the threat of a breakaway and the fight for amnesty for all sacked imprisoned " miners.
Bỳ Cath Potter This conference will give women their ISL GODUL tunity to develop national aiDal lie priorities among all women in the coalfields. Lobbies of the forthcoming TUC Labour Party conferences will be immediate priorities in their conunuca ngull Despite the loss of the resolution to the NUM naconterence on. asoNaLe mnemoer. status, SUBSCRIBE women are still determined 'lo play a major part in tne fight against the Thatcher WAPC will be joined at their by observers other organisations, and by international support In addition, invitation send Doserver na ecu excIu• to every área of the NUM -including those who didn't support the rule change on women.
The represents the chance to consolidate national organisation women whose success throughout the universally recognised. It is an opportunity as well for those women to take forward women's moveLnenew ment built during the strike - based on working class women from the mining communies wno nave fought for their class and for women. Women Against Pit Closures organised the Chesterfield