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Support the struggles of the workers and the toilers

Red Weekly No. 187, 17 February 1977 · p. 7 of the scan · 411 words

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No municipal government can replace the struggle of the people themselves, but a municipal government that really represents the interests of the toiling population would fully support the struggle of the workers and all the exploited or oppressed layers of the population, in particular women, youth and immigrants.

This implies moral and material support to all ine organisanons inese workers or layers of the population in struggle create democratically: trade unions, commiCes. various associations. This implies, in addipossible, placing the offices and material resources of the city government at the disposal of these organisations.

* The municipal government will support striking workers (free services for strikers and their families, canteens, etc.), respecting the decisions made democratically by the workers in struggle.

* The municipal government will grant all aid to women struggling and organising against their oppression and double exploitanon, i will support and strive to sausty - their essential demands: - possibity or intormation on sexuality and contraception for women and men in consultation centres as close as possible to work places and housing areas;

equal rights and employment possibilities, equal job training and wages with men;

total freedom of abortion through the development of adequate facilities, staffed by competent personnel, in each hospital; - complete reimbursement by social secrity, development of child-care centres and nursery sonoos with mixed and well-tramed personnel and with adequate material facilities;

free availability of meeting places and discussion halls (women's centres).

* The municipal government will extend uaao unemploved workers so matue may come together and struggle. It will support and strive to satisty their demands (free transportation, unemployment stipends to all those unemployed); it will faci litate links between employed and unemployed workers in the fight to reduce the workweek and hire unemployed workers. It will strive to force me orrices or an national employment agency to remain open permanently so mar te unempiycu can organise and meet with the workers and trace unions or ine actories mine arca municipal will strive to foster class solidarity between French and immigrant workers against racism and will ban all racist propaganda in the territory of the city. It will place at the disposal of the immigrant workers materia. resources enabling them to safeguard their -OWE CURUIC * The municipal government will materially and politically support the workers in uniform, backing their demands and their struggles for the right to organise. It will demand the right of a municipal commission to inspect all barracks.

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