MRS JAYABEN DESAI SOUTH ASIAN WOMENS STRIKE LEADER GRUNWICK LONDON 1970's UK

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Grunwick strike and industrial dispute. Willesden, London, England circa 1977. Mrs Jayaben Desai addressing the demonstrators. She 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. Mrs Jayaben Desai addressing the demonstrators. She 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:	JAYABEN DESAI ASIAN WOMENS STRIKE GRUNWICK LONDON 1977 003.jpg
Source:	Homer Sykes
Date:	1 Jan 1977
Location:	Willisden, Greater London UK
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