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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Sep-73<br />
Nov-73<br />
Qualcast Lawn Moers<br />
St<strong>and</strong>ard Telephone Company<br />
Derby<br />
New Southgate<br />
The Derby trades<br />
council urged its<br />
members <strong>to</strong> boycott<br />
products <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
company after <strong>the</strong><br />
company refused <strong>to</strong><br />
allow Pakistani shop<br />
stewards <strong>to</strong> take a<br />
shop stewards course<br />
In August 300 black<br />
Nov-73 London Eating Housing Group<br />
workers went on<br />
strike for 8 weeks<br />
alleging vicitimisation<br />
<strong>of</strong> a black workers<br />
TGWU were involved<br />
Nov-73 GKN Bolts <strong>and</strong> Nuts Birmingham<br />
in negotiations <strong>to</strong> end<br />
a week long strike by<br />
450 Turkish workers<br />
Asian man went on<br />
Dec-73 Fords - Dagenham Essex<br />
strike because he<br />
wanted pay rise<br />
Arbitration rules that<br />
Dec-73 Perivale Gutterman Middlesex<br />
Fords had wrongfully<br />
dismissed Wins<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Williams after an<br />
incident in which<br />
it was claimed he<br />
threatened a foreman<br />
with a iron bar.<br />
After <strong>the</strong> dismissal<br />
in Sep 73, 2,400<br />
men walked out <strong>and</strong><br />
8,000 workers were<br />
laid <strong>of</strong>f. The dispute<br />
sprang from a incident<br />
where <strong>the</strong> foreman<br />
used excessive force<br />
on Mr Williams.<br />
TGWU supported Mr<br />
Williams<br />
70 Asian workers<br />
maintained a picket<br />
line for 4 weeks after<br />
<strong>the</strong>y were locked out<br />
by management. They<br />
alleged that <strong>the</strong> walk<br />
out was a result <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
management slave<br />
owner management.<br />
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