From Grunwick to Gate Gourmet: South Asian Women’s Industrial Activism and the Role of Trade Unions

Through a focus on two examples of industrial militancy by South Asian women workers in the UK that took place thirty years apart – the Grunwick and Gate Gourmet disputes - this article explores the effectiveness of the trade union movement in representing minority ethnic women workers. We examine t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sundari Anitha, Ruth Pearson, Linda McDowell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2018-03-01
Series:Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/1790