Sujet
Women sewing machinists at Ford Motor Company's Dagenham plant on strike on June 7, 1968
Légende
Women sewing machinists at the Ford Motor Company plant in Dagenham took strike action on 7 June, 1968 in support of a claim for regrading, parity with their male colleagues in the C pay grade and recognition of their skills. After strike action of three weeks they settled for 92% of the C grade rate. Although not equal pay the strike was given a high profile when the whole plant was closed and Barbara Castle, the Employment Minister, was brought in to help negotiate a settlement. Some of the women sewing machinists with placards and banners being interviewed outside the offices of Barbara Castle who meet and heard the strikers grievance's. 28th June 1968
Date
07 juin 1968
Crédit
Photo12/Mirrorpix
Notre référence
MPX25A00_120
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
31,2Mo (6,2Mo) / 34,3cm x 22,7cm / 4053 x 2687 (300dpi)