Imperial Typewriters dispute, 1974
1974 1974-79 "Imperial Typewriters dispute, 1974" [BW0016], 1974, Trades Union Congress In May 1974, Asian workers at the Imperial Typewriter Company in Leicester went on strike over unequal bonus payments and discrimination in promotion. The shop stewards committee and union branch refuse...
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London
1974
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1974-79
"Imperial Typewriters dispute, 1974" [BW0016], 1974, Trades Union Congress
In May 1974, Asian workers at the Imperial Typewriter Company in Leicester went on strike over unequal bonus payments and discrimination in promotion. The shop stewards committee and union branch refused their support, but the strikers, supported by other black workers and the magazine Race Today, stayed on strike for almost 14 weeks. This Transport and General Workers' Union enquiry into the dispute criticised local union officials and instituted changes to ensure that shop stewards and the branch committee were more representative of local membership. |
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| is_hierarchy_title | Imperial Typewriters dispute, 1974 |
| language | English |
| physical | Document TEXT |
| publishDate | 1974 |
| publisher | London United Kingdom |
| spellingShingle | Trade Union Congress, UK Racial discrimination (BT: Discrimination)(RT: Labour market segmentation; Ethnic groups) Blacks (BT: Ethnic Groups) Asians in Britain Strikes (search also under the names of individual strikes)(RT: Strikebreaking; Lockouts; Right to strike)(BT: Labour disputes)(NT: Picketing) Imperial Typewriters dispute, 1974 |
| title | Imperial Typewriters dispute, 1974 |
| topic | Trade Union Congress, UK Racial discrimination (BT: Discrimination)(RT: Labour market segmentation; Ethnic groups) Blacks (BT: Ethnic Groups) Asians in Britain Strikes (search also under the names of individual strikes)(RT: Strikebreaking; Lockouts; Right to strike)(BT: Labour disputes)(NT: Picketing) |
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