Marxist. Trade Unionist. Socialist-feminist. Author. Poet. Speaker. Tutor. RMT ex-Exec. Workers' Liberty. Autie. Bi. PUFC fan.
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I wrote this article for Labour Briefing in April 2013: On International Working Women’s Day, set up over 100 years ago by socialist women in the workers’ movement to fight for our rights, RMT launched our model policy for transport … Read more
This is the speech I gave at RMT Women’s Conference in launching the union’s model Domestic Violence policy: Today is International Women’s Day. Actually, it’s International Working Women’s Day, set up over 100 years ago by socialist women in the … Read more
An oldie from the 1980s, a decade of Thatcher, Reagan, crap haircuts and appallingly sexist washing powder adverts. They are not exactly bastions of feminism now, but in the 1980s we were subjected to images of women descending into hysterical … Read more
The ETF Women’s Committee meeting on 19-20 March 2014 heard the following reports: SECTION REPORTS Civil aviation Unions are campaigning for a non-punitive reporting system, and demanding consistency of workplace rules across all grades, from cabin crew (female-dominated) to pilots … Read more
On Wednesday 18 March, the ETF Women’s Committee attended a public hearing on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality, held by the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. Click this link for event information, including some of the … Read more
September 2013: On the first day of the ETF Women’s Committee meeting, several Finnish transport trade unionists attended as guests, including women from the logistics, shipping, rail and salaried sectors. We also had a presentation from Tapio Bergholm, who has … Read more
How is it that when the weather warms up, some men think it is ok to shout out comments about a woman’s appearance – and expect us to take it as a compliment?! The sun has got his hat on … Read more
More from the ETF Women’s Committee meeting on 19-20 March 2014 Women’s Health and Safety at Work Violence Against Women International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) report Women’s representation Membership questionnaire Training package European TUC report Rule changes Study on discrimination … Read more
Shortly before Christmas 2012, the Church of Engalnd voted not to allow women to become bishops. The decision to allow women bishops – with some qualification – was taken around two years later. To the tune of While Shepherd’s Watched … Read more