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Ford Sewing Machinists Strike

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1968

Barbara Anne Castle Blackburn1968

Government / Labour Party Government

Intervenes in the Ford sewing machinists strike in which the women of the Dagenham Ford Plant demanded to be paid the same as their male counterparts & helps resolve the strike resulting in a pay rise for Fords female workers bringing them to 92% of what the men receive

Names involved

Barbara Anne Castle Blackburn

Provenance

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