The national council of NJACWER has set a date for a mass demonstration on Equal Rights - May 18 in Trafalgar Square. There is some element of doubt about this because of the ruling that Trafalgar Square cannot be booked more than three months in advance. However we can go ahead on the basis of a week's variation. NJACWER has also called for local demonstrations in the preceding week including a poster parade down Oxford Street on Saturday. Buttons are being prepared.
Invited speakers include Jack Jones, Hugh Scanlon, Audrey Wise, Rose Boland, Christopher [Norwood], MPs, Baroness Summerskill and others.
This can be one of the most important manifestations of working class mood for years; I hope that readers will involve themselves. In order to find the local organiser in your area, contact Mr. F. Blake, Rainham Road, Rainham, Essex. RM[illegible].
A [five] point working charter has been adopted.
1. To demand the [ending] of discrimination against women in employment, education, social and public life.
2. To demand the inclusion of equal pay for work of equal value in all agreements between employers and Trade Unions.
3. To demand the members of Parliament to enforce legal rights for women through Parliament in 1969.
4. To demand that the T.U.C. leads and co-ordinates a national action campaign for equal pay and opportunities in industry in accordance with their decision at the 1968 conference.
5. To demand immediate Government ratification of the I.L.O. Convention 100.
Yours truly, Antonia Gorton, Nottingham