Made in Dagenham

[Hibbyradge]

What a thoroughly enjoyable movie.

[Aubenas]

Agreed. Some cracking performances. Stand out line for me was 'When did we stop fighting?' Sad to say, any attempt to stand up for rights like that today would probably fail - workforce would want to get home to see XFactor results.:boo hoo:

[lapsedhibee]

What a thoroughly enjoyable movie.

Decent piece of escapist entertainment, agreed.

However, you canna trust the BBC ...

(1) The fillum finished with a happy triumphant scene and that, but they wimmin didn't get regraded for another 16 years

(2) During the end credits, the fillummakers were implying that equal pay for wimmin became a worldwide trend following pioneering events in Britain, but the EEC seems to have had it 11 years previous

"Following the intervention of Barbara Castle, the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity in Harold Wilson's government, the strike ended three weeks after it began, as a result of a deal that immediately increased their rate of pay to 8% below that of men, rising to the full category B rate the following year. A court of inquiry (under the Industrial Courts Act 1919) was also set up to consider their regrading, although this failed to find in their favour.[5] The women were only regraded into Category C following a further 6 week strike in 1984.[6]

The strike was, however, to have an enduring legacy. Spurred by their example, women trades unionists founded the National Joint Action Campaign Committee for Women’s Equal Rights (NJACCWER), which held an 'equal pay demonstration' attended by 1,000 people in Trafalgar Square on 18 May, 1969.[7]

The ultimate result was the passing of the Equal Pay Act 1970, which came into force in 1975 and which did, for the first time, aim to prohibit inequality of treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment.[8][2][4][9][10] Once the UK joined the European Union in 1973, it also became subject to Article 119 of the 1957 Treaty of Rome, which specified that men and women should receive equal pay for equal work.[11]"

:grr:

[LiverpoolHibs]

Really looking forward to seeing this, heard lots of good things.

[Aubenas]

Really looking forward to seeing this, heard lots of good things.

A couple of wee references to Halewood for the Liverpool contingent too!

[IWasThere2016]

What a thoroughly enjoyable movie.

Really looking forward to this D :agree:

[Borders Hibby]

Thoroughly enjoyed it!:agree: