John Henderson and International Women's Year

Has John Henderson lost his notes again? We unsuspecting readers, of Salient may never know how John's report on the NZUSA National Executive meeting came into being, but I would like to correct John's mention of the report of the international Women's Year Subcommittee.

The National Executive did not decide that equal pay was a matter for trade unions. NZUSA recognises that, as organisations of working people, the trade union movement is responsible for defending and advancing the interests of those workers who are affected by the Equal Pay Act. We are however, concerned at the failure of the Labour Dept. to publicise what is a complicated piece of legislation and the National Executive approved the subcommittee's decision to take acion to try to remedy the Labour Dept's failings.

The subcommittee will be he ding a seminar on equal pay to which representatives of trade unions, employers' organisations, the Labour Department and youth groups will be invited to discuss the implementation of the Equal Pay Act. The National Executive decided to appropriate % 100 to conduct the seminar and to pay for publicity before and after it. So there is a great deal more activity involved in this area than John reported.

Enclosed is a copy of the subcommittee's report which outlines our activities for this year. Comments and criticisms on and of the subcommittee's programme of activities from concerned students would be most welcome.