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Women Unionists from 42 Lands Hold Conference in Budapest (Indonesian delegate on equal pay)
Daily Worker, 24 July 1956: Women unionists from 42 lands hold conference in Budapest
Page 4 of the Daily Worker (New York, 24 Jul 1956) reporting a Budapest conference of women trade unionists from 42 countries called by the WFTU, which demanded equal pay and opportunities and paid maternity leave. An unnamed delegate from Indonesia is cited on women workers being treated as cheap labour. Gerwani is not mentioned; the rest is letters and columns on US politics.
Halaman 4 Daily Worker (New York, 24 Jul 1956) melaporkan konferensi serikat pekerja perempuan dari 42 negara di Budapest yang diadakan WFTU, menuntut upah dan kesempatan setara serta cuti melahirkan berbayar. Seorang delegasi Indonesia tanpa nama dikutip tentang pekerja perempuan sebagai buruh murah. Gerwani tidak disebut; sisanya surat dan kolom politik AS.
“A delegate from Indonesia voiced a complaint common to women throughout the capitalist world: women workers are made cheap workers (p. 4)”
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