LABOUR MP AUDREY WISE GRUNWICK DISPUTE

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Grunwick strike and industrial dispute. Willesden, London, England circa 1977. Audrey Wise, a London MP fights with police at Grunwick picket line, she was later arrested. <br />
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.

Grunwick Strike Industrial Dispute London 1970s
Grunwick strike and industrial dispute. Willesden, London, England circa 1977. Audrey Wise, a London MP fights with police at Grunwick picket line, she was later arrested.
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.

Filename:	Audrey Wise MP Grunwick Strile HSB-10111293.jpg
Source:	Homer Sykes
Date:	1 Jan 1977
Location:	Willisden, Greater London UK
Credit:	Homer Sykes
Copyright:	Homer Sykes
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