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- Subject: Asian women on strike in England
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.193816.13457@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- from: ECN London
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- 15 December 1992
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- BURNSALLS STRIKE
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- -Asian women at Burnsalls, a metal finishing company in
- Smethwick, have been on strike since June for better health and
- safety, equal pay, and union rights. Conditions in the factory
- were so bad that one worker suffered a miscarriage after her
- request to be transferred to lighter duties was refused by
- management.
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- The women have had strong community support with over 300 people
- attending picket lines on Saturdays. On 28
- November hundreds of people joined a march through Birmingham in
- support of the strikers. The women are determined
- to continue with their struggle. In the words of one striker,
- Kuldip Dhaliwal, "We're not going to leave the picket line till
- we win".
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- Strikers have faced intimidation from management and scab
- workers. A striker's car was recently sprayed with acid.
-
- send donations/ messages of support to: Burnsalls Strike Fund,
- GMB Will Thorne House, 2 Birmingham Road, Halesowen
- B63 3HP.
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