Fire-fighting to be left to men?
Members of the 600--strong ■South Island Fire Brigades’ lUnion have voted over (Whelmingly in support of I their executive’s recommend iation that active fire-fighting [be restricted to men. The executive decided or the issue at its inaugura: conference at Dunedin early ■ this month, but referred tc
jits members for a secret balllot. ' Mr R. C. Wells, the union’s vice-president, said • ’in Christchurch .yesterday : that the vote simply meant that the firemen preferred to exclude women from frontline fire-fighting. “In no way does it indicate our personal feelings to-
■lwards women as women,”; he said. The secretary of the; ;C an terbury Working ■ Women's Council (Miss Kir-j : sty Campbell) said that thej i results were disappointing, i The council might have to! consider taking more direct action such as demonstra- • tions. she said.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19791128.2.25
Bibliographic details
Press, 28 November 1979, Page 2
Word Count
138Fire-fighting to be left to men? Press, 28 November 1979, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in