The Socialist 24 February 2010

NHS: not safe in their hands!

NHS: Not safe in their hands!

Private 'vultures' to run NHS hospital

How to stop cuts and defend public services

Demo opposes £29m Notts county cuts

Young people deserve a future: Join the Manchester march for jobs on 13 March

Youth Fight for Jobs Demonstrations

RMT branch supports challenge to Denham

Support the TUSC election challenge

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition General Election launch rally

British Airways cabin crew v management: Round two

Anger on Teesside over Corus closure

ID cards - an expensive threat to civil liberties

Tories attack community café...

Yarl's Wood hunger strike

Fast news

The Eton co-op won't work

Nominate Roger Bannister: Unison's leadership battle

Unison witch-hunt continues

South Wales: Demo against council cuts

Staythorpe: the fight for workplace safety

Port workers battle bosses... and high court

Jobcentre staff fight cuts

Leeds university: Support lecturers striking to save jobs

Fighting leadership needed for UCU

CWU women vote for political review

CWI Latin America school: A continent on the brink

Iraq: All eyes on the oil prize

Campaigning rights victory: But questions remain on new Waltham Forest policy

How can the racist BNP be defeated?

Scottish Defence League defeated: Working class political alternative urgently needed

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CWU women vote for political review

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) annual women's conference took place on 20 February. Delegates discussed the impact of the economic crisis on working class women, their jobs and their work-life balance.

Conference overwhelmingly voted for a motion calling for the public ownership of telecommunications, for the nationalisation of the banks and companies threatening mass redundancies and for the repeal of the anti union laws.

The resolution also called for a review of the union's support for any political party that pursues policies that are in contradiction to those of the CWU. The mover pointed out that the CWU pays millions to the Labour Party and then has to spend millions more in campaigning against key policies that attack the membership, such as the attempts to privatise Royal Mail.

Motions on flexible working were carried, confirming the need to fight to defend family friendly attendance arrangements.

The issue of domestic violence was widely debated, along with a motion criticising the Home Office for withdrawing funding from the police human trafficking unit. The pressure on young women from the media and advertising was raised with a motion calling for a campaign for legislation to end the airbrushing of images. This was narrowly defeated.

Pension changes were highlighted, with a call for a campaign to make women members of the CWU aware of the impact of the change to the state pension age for women.