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





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