10am celebrates WOMEN'S DAY RALLY SATURDAY 9th MARCH, 1985 Saltergate Football Stadium, Chesterfield, Derbyshire PROGRAMME: -4pm Exhibitions, discussions, videos, at Lecture Theatre and Iviainet rall 11.30am-1.30pm Raliy at the Football Ground: national & international speakers 1pm-4pm Street entertainments & speakers in Town Centre ~ Britain the 8th March has been celebrated annually since the war. It has and keep pits open.
NUM areas.
Our aims include working for a victory for the NUM current struggle, consolidating the national organisation and strengthening ine organisalon or wolne! locally.
Last August we orean ised a huge national demonstration for women to show their solidarity with NUM by marching through London. It was a tremendous success.
Day rally Chesterfield on o March will be the second major national event organised by WAPC.
Women in mining communities have recognised that the destruction of the trade union movement only one part of the govertment's plans.
Wie вате joined the to protect local WOMEN AGAINST Pit Closures was created in the summer of 1984 to draw together the thousands of women from the mining communities who had started groups to support the miners in their fight to save jobs A national committee has been formed comprising one delegate from each of the 17 government, our health, education transport systems. We have shown the same concern and solidarity for the unemployed, the peace people and other groups. movement black The precious : friend ships active inKs we have made with women in every area of struggle in Britain abroad will be constrengthened. tinued Women Against Pit Closures will continue to exist as an organisation after ends, will develop links with the NUM and the labour movement at all levels.
We will concentrate on promoting developing the organisation of working call paigning on issues affecting communities. «ILILY especially peace, jobs. took strike action.
Their demands were rather political and although the strike ended in a draw and not a victory, they should have learnt solidarity But far from it; class collaborationist lacolog. — firms have to stay competitive, SIU what that means for jobs and working conditions - outweighs terry.
other words, uneconomic pits will have close all that sculls 1S humanitarian miners' assistanc families On the flimsy excuse that the NUM apparently left the international mineWorKers contederation in 983 the IG Metall refuse support NUM Brist miner: = Germit:
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