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Equal pay strike at Trico - Folberth, Brentford, 1976

In 1976, there was an equal pay strike at the Trico-Folberth windscreen wipers factory at Brentford Middlesex. The women organised by the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, were out for 21 weeks before winning their demand to be paid the same basic rate as the men. This photograph shows the strikers outside the 1976 TUC Congress in Brighton.

Title Equal pay strike at Trico - Folberth, Brentford, 1976
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Production Date 1976
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Holding Institution TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University
Related Objects Trico strike badge, 1976
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