ONE OF the resolutions aimed at giving the women's organisation more power in the party was moved by SUE NYFIELD on behalf of her union, FTAT. her speech.
My union, FTAT, is moving and supporting this composite because it contains one of the simplest and most straightforward demands at this conference. It is simply that the tatives on the NEC should be elected by women, so that they can advance the interests within the party women's conference.
the constituencies, the trade unions, the YS, the cooperative women's section. Each section except the women's section is elected by their policy making body.
do the same? At the moment those women in thi women's section of the NEC are not able to advance the interests and put the view of women, for they are elected and accountable to dominated trade unions at annual conference who will only re-elect them if they advance their male views.
Sisters, in the old landlords used to cast votes on behalf of their labourers, but then the Chartists demanded direct SabOtters decide who best could advance their interests. We want a similar reform for women in the party.
women's section to be elected by women's conterence.
Labour League elected Margaret Bondfield to represent the views of the women's conference on the NEC.
fought these struggles before. ourselves that we — the younger ones at this cond.
- are the first to think of them. have regressed since then, we want an end to men electing women on our behalf.
Here we print part of The NEC has five different sections within it, socialist societies, Why can't women elect their representatives to the maledays rich and powerful these ves There is nothing new in our demand for the Between 1906 and 1918 the Women's Our struggles aren't new, our sisters have all We musn't kid But we