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FROM NOTTINGHAM
The working committee of the [illegible] the National Joint Action [Campaign for] Women's Equal Rights [illegible] unequivocally [illegible] to refuse to do [illegible] gaining equal pay [illegible].
[illegible] and Professional Women's Clubs, the Royal College of Nursing and [illegible] TUC.
"Equal pay [is a] principle that [payment is] not dependent on any extra responsibility [illegible]." The Labour movement [illegible] running of [public services illegible] must be [paid] regardless of [illegible], but the [illegible] desirability of shift working [illegible] or change in working conditions [illegible] questionable, and in the last analysis the decision belongs to the workers involved.
[illegible] do not necessarily represent [illegible]. Trade unions and other working class organisations should be fighting for BETTER working conditions [illegible].