Call to Action
Across the world on 8 March women are going on strike. This is an invitation for feminists of all genders to join the strike.
In just a short few years the women’s movement has grown in strength and confidence. In Britain we have organised against the far-right’s attempt to hijack our experiences of sexual violence for their racist agenda. We are organising with and unionising some of the most exploited migrant workers in the service industries. We have stood in solidarity with our sisters from Brazil, Poland, Kurdistan and Ireland. The Women’s Strike is a strike for solidarity between women.
On 8 March we will speak out, resist, strike and refuse to work. The Women’s Strike is about realising the power we already hold – it is our labour that keeps the world turning and profits flowing. When we stop, the world stops with us.
When we strike we defy those who continue to not believe us when we are raped. Sexual violence, from assault to everyday workplace harassment is at the centre of our exploitation. We demand collective solutions to our individual experiences of violence whether they occur in the home, on the streets or at work.
When we strike we challenge the male dominated trade unions that ignore the reality of our lives. Austerity is nothing short of a class war. For ten years it has been women that have suffered the most as the rich have gotten richer and the rest of us struggle to put food on the table, keep the heating on and the rent paid. The cost of childcare in Britain is so high that many of us are trapped in low-paid and unrewarding work just to balance the nightmare that is getting the kids to and from school.
On 8 March we will be on strike from the work we do – regardless of whether we get paid or not. The Women’s Strike occurs on International Women’s Day – and we join with million of women and non-binary people across the world in fighting for a feminist future.
If your organisation would like to support the women’s strike please email info@womenstrike.org.uk
Women’s Strike: London, Derry, Liverpool, Brighton, Cardiff, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh is supported by:
BRISTOL SISTERHOODBRIGHTON INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST NETWORK
DZIEWUCHY DZIEWUCHOM LONDON
FEMINIST ANTI-FASCIST ASSEMBLY
ACTION FOR TRANS HEALTH – LONDON
CHINESE FEMINIST SOCIETY
WOMEN’S MARCH – LONDON
FOURTH WAVE FEMINIST
KURDISH WOMEN ASSEMBLY
SISTER NOT CISTER
VERSO
PLAN C
UNITED VOICES OF THE WORLD
PLUTO PRESS
ANTIUNIVERSITY
SEX WORKER ADVOCACY RESISTANCE MOVEMENT
NI UNA MENOS – UK
SOLIDARITY ECONOMY ASSOCIATION
THE X TALK PROJECT
SISTERS UNCUT SOUTH EAST LONDON
FEMINIST FIGHTBACK
BRAZILIAN WOMEN AGAINST FASCISM
MAYDAY ROOMS
BENT BARS
SCOT PEP
EDINBURGH SISTERS UNCUT
UMBRELLA LANE
MOMENTUM
BAKERS FOOD AND ALLIED WORKERS UNION
ENGLISH COLLECTIVE OF PROSTITUTES
CLEANERS ALLIED INDEPENDENT WORKERS UNION
INDEPENDENT WORKERS OF GREAT BRITAIN
SCOTTISH SCULPTURE WORKSHOP
ARTIST UNION ENGLAND
GRAND UNION BIRMINGHAM
EASTSIDE PROJECTS BIRMINGHAM
CROYDON MOMENTUM
RED PEPPER
LONDON ANARCHIST FEDERATION
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE RIGHTS OF SEX WORKERS IN EUROPE
FRAME CONTEMPORARY ART FINLAND
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD
UNITE COMMUNITY – CARDIFF BRANCH
UWC ATLANTIC COLLEGE
WALES EQUALITY ALLIANCE
LABOUR AGAINST RACISM AND FASCISM
PM PRESS – UK
HOUSMANS
SAVE LIVERPOOL WOMEN’S HOSPITAL
MERSEY PENSIONERS
LEFT UNITY
JUSTICE FOR SUDAN
UCU UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL BRANCH
BRISTOL RISING TIDE
CARE WORKERS NETWORK BRISTOL
BRISTOL GREEN PARTY
ADBLOCK BRISTOL
TRANSITION BRISTOL
BRISTOL PRIDE
MANDEM
BASE COOP
MOMENTUM LEEDS
SEX WORKER ADVOCACY RESISTANCE MOVEMENT – NORTH
TRANSLEEDS
LEEDS ANTI-FASCIST NETWORK
PLAN C LEEDS
UNITE COMMUNITY LEEDS AND WAKEFIELD
UCU – UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
AIRE PLACE STUDIOS
LEEDS INTERNATIONAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD
NO BORDERS LEEDS
YOUTH CLIMATE STRIKE LEEDS ORGANISERS
RED AND BLACK LEEDS
GMB LEEDS GENERAL
KEEP OUT NHS PUBLIC LEEDS
WASPI WOMEN LEEDS
LEEDS WLM: WOMEN’S LIVES MATTER
HALDANE SOCIETY OF SOCIALIST LAWYERS