THIRTY WOMEN and throe men, menben of the Amalgamated Union of Enginoring Workers, Dave been on strike for six weeks at Hampton Stampings, armanenan, to secure the reinstatement of tem of their members who were sacked or ong a trade wor Hampton Stampings is a small factory employing around 60 people, mainly women piece-workers Foryears the таль-толь лате bol awug wor Paycie was and prose Poor wore conditions. The rates of pay vary from week to week and job to job. One woman grossed 211 for 30 hours one week; another picked up E25 one week and only 114 the next.
The assorted Government legislation lice the Equal Pay Act, which is supposod to deal with discrimination against women, simply does nat cover this Low pay remains one of the major problems facing women, and cases like Hampton Stampines explain why women's rates are still only half of average male rates.
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The publication of Alexandar Dubcek's open letter on the situation in Crechoslovakia has caused a political storm.
It is the first major oppositionist statement to be made public by a deposed leader in a workers' state since the time of Stalin. Next week fed Henkiy publishes for the first time in English the main sections, in which Dubcek makes his analysis of political developments in Crechos lovakia since the 'Prague Spring' of 1968.
Birmingham West District Committoo of the AlfEW has made the strike official. and the women are now receiving strike money. Hut little sapport has been orgu rised oficially, and ant appcal sheet has only just been distributed. However the women have organised regular pickets and their blacking campaign has effectively cut off all supplies and orders to the factory.
Support for the picket has come from Lucas's, Wilmot-Breeden, the Working STARS DO GIVE TAUREES IMES among others, and last Friday 15 members of the Rovers Shop Stewards Commitlee joined the picket line. Small employers like Hampton Stampings are usually very determined to broak trade union struggles There is every possibility that this strike could take some time to win Messages oi support and Anancial aid should he rushed to: Hamptons Strike Committoo clo Wendy Shields, 25 Benfield Clase, Stinchley, Birminghams WE NEED YOUR MONEY Those London teachers Iceop coming to our rescue. Last woek they forked out However, the silence this month from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham and Oxford is daafening. With just over a week to go wo speratery ned inese, and some of the London branches to come to our rescue.
There is no doubt that fed Weekly has risen to the needs of the international class struggle over the past weels in a way that no other paper on the British loft has achieved or even tried to achiere. This is one more reason why the left noeds a paper like Red Weekly-s paper which can not only analyse what is going on but Rush in the money to Aed Weakly Fund Drive, 182 Pantonvilla Road, London