Cover of the magazine Race Today for July 1974. 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 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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Imperial Typewriters dispute, 1974 |
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Maker |
Trades Union Congress |
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Production Date |
1974 |
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Document
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Copyright |
Institute of Race Relations |
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Holding Institution |
TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University |
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Related Objects |
Imperial Typewriters dispute, 1974 |
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