The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose efforts were undermined by the trade union that they belonged to.
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as Mollie
DeceasedBorn: April 7, 1931
Died: March 24, 2006
Age at death: 74
as Maggie
DeceasedBorn: September 18, 1929
Died: July 2, 2008
Age at death: 78
as Sadie
AliveBirth date not on record.
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
as Joe Pike
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Annie
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Harry Gridley
DeceasedBorn: December 19, 1925
Died: December 15, 2002
Age at death: 76
as Managing Director, Blacks
DeceasedBorn: August 20, 1922
Died: May 1, 2008
Age at death: 85
as Managing Director, Benthams
DeceasedBorn: July 14, 1931
Died: September 16, 2025
Age at death: 94
as Fred Packer
DeceasedDied: May 23, 2008
Birth date not on record.
as Philip Stringer
AliveBorn: July 12, 1928
Age: 98
Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
as Raymond Boswell
DeceasedBorn: November 28, 1932
Died: April 23, 2020
Age at death: 87
as Rhona
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Stan Lloyd
DeceasedBorn: June 8, 1931
Died: July 28, 1995
Age at death: 64
as Joan
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Peggy
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as Billy Crane
DeceasedBorn: March 1, 1924
Died: February 11, 1984
Age at death: 59
as Union Regional Secretary
DeceasedDied: November 23, 1998
Birth date not on record.
as Bus Conductor
DeceasedBorn: August 7, 1940
Died: August 16, 2022
Age at death: 82
as Bent
DeceasedBorn: November 14, 1916
Died: June 1, 1984
Age at death: 67
as Isaacs
AliveBirth date not on record.
as King
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Older Worker
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as Older Worker
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as Dennis Jones
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as Mrs Hesketh
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as Mrs Gridley
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Radio Reporter
DeceasedBorn: August 27, 1928
Died: October 22, 2022
Age at death: 94
as Young Girl
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Florrie
DeceasedBorn: July 4, 1918
Died: March 26, 2017
Age at death: 98
as Town Hall Chairman
AliveBirth date not on record.
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