Patel, Urmilaben
2013 "Patel, Urmilaben", 2013, HistoryTalk Urmilaben Patel emigrated to Britain from Kenya with her family in 1970, settling in Northwest London. She originally worked in her familys newsagent business, before later working for various pharmaceutical companies. Thereafter, she went to wor...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/1FF58D0B-6D5C-4742-9E23-2D0149D65224 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/EE866CD7-DFEA-4D4D-BF76-59769E900E8F |
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"Patel, Urmilaben", 2013, HistoryTalk
Urmilaben Patel emigrated to Britain from Kenya with her family in 1970, settling in Northwest London. She originally worked in her familys newsagent business, before later working for various pharmaceutical companies. Thereafter, she went to work at Grunwicks, the film processing company, and became involved in a protracted two and a half year strike there, which attracted national coverage as one of the most important labour disputes of the era. Urmilaben and her fellow workers were not given their jobs back when the dispute ended and, therefore, had to find alternative employment. As she began to suffer chronic health problems, Urmilaben secured employment with Remploy, which specialised in providing work for people with disabilities. Urmilaben enjoyed a long and happy period with Remploy before her worsening health problems eventually necessitated her retirement on medical grounds at the age of 55.
In this clip she talks about the impact of the Grunwick strike, how those that took a stand (and were not employed by Grunwick again) sacrificed themselves for the benefit of future workers.
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