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Educate the young so that our future workers understand their rights

Image of EIS campaign placard, stating Pay Attention
By Tanya Rhodes This blog was borne from asking my nine-year-old daughter whether she understood why her teacher, along with thousands of others across Scotland, would be going on strike on Thursday November 24th, in the first such industrial...
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The Equal Opportunities Commission: an achievement of its time?

by Sophia Ayada[1] The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), established by the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act (SDA), was one of the most prominent gender equality bodies in Europe. Now replaced by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), whose remit...
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IWD2022: Revisiting the 1968 Ford Dagenham Dispute (again)

by Hazel Conley In the first of our posts marking International Women’s Day 2022, Professor Hazel Conley looks at some of the beliefs and arguments surrounding the dispute by women sewing machinists in the Ford Dagenham plant in 1968,...
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The Equal Pay Act 1970 and Women-led Industrial Disputes, 1964-86

by Frances Galt During the 1970s, there was an intensification of women-led industrial disputes, particularly in the five years between the passing of the Equal Pay Act 1970 and its implementation from 29 December 1975. Through strikes, workplace occupations...
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New podcast! “In Conversation with Sarah Boston”

As a follow up to the launch of Women’s Activism Behind the Screens: Trade Unions and Gender Inequality in the British Film and Television Industries by Dr Frances C Galt – a discussion event which we were delighted to...
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