51 years ago today, 187 women walked out of the Ford Dagenham plant in protest at unequal pay and recognition for their work. Here Gwen Davis tells Stylist exactly what happened. When I went to ...
Bethany Hutchison, Lisa Lockey, Annice Grundy, Tracey Hooper and Joanne Bradbury, who have been dubbed the “Darlington Five” ...
But women were not paid the same as men. In 1968 women working in the Ford Dagenham car factory went on strike for equal pay and to be classed as skilled workers. Gemma meets two women who took ...
the Ford auto factory in Dagenham was one of the largest single private employers in the United Kingdom. In addition to the thousands of male employees, there are also 187 underpaid women ...
In real life, 187 women went on strike for three weeks, at both the Dagenham and Halewood (Merseyside) plants, bringing Ford’s UK car production to a grinding halt. Then employment secretary ...
Work at the former Ford stamping plant site in Dagenham ... and a heritage trail honouring the legacy of the Dagenham women who championed equal pay rights in the 1960s and 1980s.
Based on the true story of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, this film follows a group of women who took their fight for equality from the factory floor to the House of Commons.