Women in the NUR | Socialist Action 1983

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The shadow elections being held at this year's national Labour women's conference are on the agenda of the 1986 NUM annual conference in June.

NUR Delegation Member to National Labour Women's Conference Delegates will be prothat the NUI should suport the right of elect the women members of the Labour Party NEC, but there will be no women delegates at the NUR conference Women members are working lo easure Wal delegates know the arguments before they arat Women NUR members who comprise this year's delegation to national conference will be arguing for the union to support the shadow elections WAC demands.

There are four resoluwonder NUR annual conference. This awareness that the union will have to take positive steps to involve its women members, hopefully also increase the number of women in the industry. Despite the difficulties women NUR members are more organised. We have been bringing forward issues for discussion branch meetings grades conferences.

In 1982 a comprehenTUC Charter Womer overwiene ingly rejected. A year later

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Sociaist Action 16 May 1986