If their husbands join in it, they re them or they're create an awful lot of tension about it, because this disciplinary code necessary.
The wants Come rescue of any miners' wives who teel like thev do. And it's offering all of you, all you lilis wiver here to day and your supporters, help if you want to carry on a fight against this struggle La possible Dar It says 'the Daily Express is asking any worried frightened wives who fear that the current dispute could escalate into aomer biller Da sunke to write into them.
strictest confidence and no information would be used in any story that would en danger the wives of thost pitmen Fi want to say to all the want to say to all the men: do not underestimate the strength of women struggle.
I'm asking all women to put your names down and we a senu a Deli: tion to the Daily with the names of those hundreds of women who are ready now to stand and fight alongside the miners whatever action Should decide against that vicious code As women in the action groups the Against Pit Closures move ment, we know the ditficulties of women organisWe know the struggle gala theme. Godfrey Mokate of SACTU, Panduleni Itula of SWAPO, and 1ng. member Raquel Dixon, from Nicaragua's Atlantic coast spoke at" you have to make to jou wic struggle. But if we are going tremen snoo meme cookson. SOMEBODY passed me an article from the Daily Express last week. Already they're at it, trying to get miners' wives organised against the union.
They've had a letter, it seems — no names given — from five angry miners' wives who don't want the union to take any action about the disciplinary code.
to get anywhere, leave going to Express other struggles. ple like Mrs overtime to people that struggie can muster.
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The only answer to peo Thatcher, and like the coal board, is to get back into with every ounce of energy that you Our slogan during the - WE still have to struggle. That's wavi was so picasullz lo ser women at Ren week when there was a meeting in supcommunity campaign to keep their pir The struggle isn't just our struggic strike found out that sar were very instrumenta: I with all We have kept those links up. Since the strike ended, delegates from Women Against Pit Closures have been to many invited On In 6 strength of what they did were Chile last year when the demonstration on internaday was Women have been to Russia, to America; we have links with women I had a photograph sent me last week - from one of quite her hushand ihe German metalworkers wno sent a lot or money le our of miners' wives steelworkers wives standing outside the gates of a factory that is due to lose 20,000 jobs. And he said 'our women are now organising in the same way Women Against There's no excuse saying that nothing can be done that powerfu. because Thatcher goi back in When I think abouthe women in Sorth Betty Heathrield reads from the Daily Express article on miners wives. Her reply: Don't underestimale the power of women in the movements Namibia, have to was an inspiraton to taem Pit much more internationa and sar with
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