Women and Work
The question of equality of women is one of the most important issues before the working class movement today. Women in our country, as elsewhere in the world, have been discriminated against in every sphere – within the family, at the workplace, in society and in political participation. Among women it is working women, below the poverty line, who are the most discriminated. Thus the issue of gender equality in the trade union movement encompasses the twin contradictions of class and gender, both of which need to be addressed equally.
NTUI views the issue of gender inequality in a trade union framework. Within the trade union movement there are a number of issues that need to be addressed to allow for a better participation of women both as members as well as leaders. NTUI calls for expanding the base of the trade union movement, to go all out in organising the unorganised and to organise them militantly.