... although there are many women in the trade unions, women’s rights and women’s voices seem to be less of a priority than they were in earlier times. The unions do not seem to be as concerned with defending women’s sex-based rights as they should be.
The right for women to control their own bodies is a sex-based right. The right to have state provision for childcare is a sex-based right. The right to have maternity leave without having negative experiences at work is a sex-based right. The right to walk freely in the streets, the workplace or live in your home without being harassed or abused is also a sex-based right, as women are often the targets of male violence.
The unions should prioritise these issues, but over the recent period we have not seen these issues prioritised as much as they should be.
And, appallingly, even large sections of the left and socialist movements seem to wish to prioritise trans rights over women’s rights rather than try and reconcile them. There are some really shocking examples of women being no platformed and denied the right to express their own opinions on sex-based rights without abuse, accusations of transphobia, attempts to bully women into silence. Obviously there are also those who support trans rights who would not condone this bullying. ...
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labour-movement-must-have-courage-stand-womens-rights