Coming of Age : 1976 and the Road to Anti-Racism
Coming of Age : 1976 and the Road to Anti-Racism by Jagdish Patel and Suresh Grover
Coming of Age : 1976 and the Road to Anti-Racism
by Jagdish Patel and Suresh Grover
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Oct-72<br />
Nov-72<br />
Brillo Works<br />
British Army<br />
Maidenhead<br />
Tidworth Barracks<br />
90 Pakistani admitted<br />
that <strong>the</strong>y were foced<br />
<strong>to</strong> pay bribes <strong>of</strong> 20 <strong>to</strong><br />
get jobs at <strong>the</strong> fac<strong>to</strong>ry.<br />
After a brawl between<br />
black <strong>and</strong> white<br />
soldiers, three white<br />
soldiers were fined<br />
at Winchester crown<br />
court<br />
Jan-73<br />
Midl<strong>and</strong>s Mo<strong>to</strong>r Cylinder<br />
(Birmid)<br />
Smethwick<br />
Closure <strong>of</strong><br />
Middlemore <strong>Road</strong><br />
foundry threatened <strong>to</strong><br />
start a row with over<br />
150 Asian complaining<br />
that <strong>the</strong> fac<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
were being made<br />
redundant <strong>to</strong> make<br />
way for white workers<br />
Mar-73<br />
Mar-73<br />
Mansfield Hosery<br />
Zulu Seaman<br />
Loughborough<br />
Merchant Navy<br />
Dispute arose because<br />
an Asian was refused<br />
<strong>the</strong> job <strong>of</strong> knitter<br />
although he had<br />
worked in <strong>the</strong> fac<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
- white were taken on<br />
a knitters only<br />
17 Zulu seamen<br />
May-73 Jaffe <strong>and</strong> Son Nottingham<br />
walked <strong>of</strong>f British ship<br />
in Sweden for poor<br />
wage conditions.<br />
32 Asian went on 12<br />
day strike dem<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
reinstatement <strong>of</strong><br />
a worker <strong>and</strong> poor<br />
working conditions<br />
Jun-73<br />
Midl<strong>and</strong>s Mo<strong>to</strong>r Cylinder<br />
(Birmid)<br />
Smethwick<br />
180 Asian workers<br />
s<strong>to</strong>pped work <strong>of</strong>r<br />
more than a month<br />
because a white<br />
foreman had behaved<br />
unreasonably <strong>to</strong>wards<br />
a Sikh shop steward.<br />
Jul-73<br />
Aug-73<br />
Crawley Moulding<br />
Artid Plastics<br />
Surrey<br />
Slough<br />
20 Asian workers<br />
went on strike for<br />
a week after one<br />
workers was sent<br />
home for refusing <strong>to</strong><br />
work faster.<br />
Pakistani strike<br />
for better pay <strong>and</strong><br />
conditions<br />
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