
Based on a True Story - The Sewing Machinists versus Ford: The Gender War
Episode 5/8
Synopsis
Downgraded to unskilled workers, paid less than their male colleagues, the strikers would shake the giant Ford and the Labor government of the day. Considered one of the greatest British feminist struggles of the late 1960s, this is the true story of the Dagenham sewing machinists.
The Serie : Discover ordinary people’s incredible stories. This series takes up where fictional adaptations leave off and tells the real events they are based on, using a wealth of archive material.
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French, German, English
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French, Spanish
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