Engineering strikes, 1979

During the summer and autumn of 1979, the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions organised an overtime ban and a series of one day stoppages in support of a claim for a basic weekly wage of £80 for skilled craftsmen. This photo shows the picket line at BL Ltd [British Leyland], Cowley during the strike on 13 August 1979.

Title Engineering strikes, 1979
Maker Trades Union Congress
Production Date 1979
Format Photograph
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Holding Institution TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University
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