Ford Strikers Meet - Dagenham AKA Ford Strike At Dagenham (1962)

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Channel: British Pathé · 2014 · Education

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Dagenham, Essex



Various shots, sections of Fords Production line at a standstill with cars and engines at different stages of production during the strike over the dismissal of a shop steward. LS Main office block at Fords. LS Small crowd of strikers gathers outside "Leys" swimming pool, Ballards Road, waiting to go into a Union meeting. Various shots, striking workers showing Union Identity cards as they enter meeting. Various shots, men leaving after meeting.  



Note: Date on original record: 24/10/1962. The three unions involved in the strike were the Transport and General Workers' Union, the National Union of General and Municipal Workers and the Amalgamated Engineering Union.
 FILM ID:3070.08



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