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Grunwick Strike Industrial Dispute London 1970s
Grunwick strike and industrial dispute. Willesden, London, England circa 1977. P C Trevor Wilson lies in a pool of his own blood during violent clashes between demonstrators and police outside the Grunwick film processing plant. Mrs Jayaben Desai led a group of predominantly Asian women protesting with left wing union demonstrators against low wages and poor working conditions and not being allowed to join a union at the Grunwick Film Processing Laboratory. The strike became a cause célèbre involving thousands of demonstrators; over 500 arrests were made during two years of often-violent clashes.
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