Reference
X498/48/5
Title
Postcard of women workers at Vauxhall, Luton, on strike for higher pay. At the time they were paid £1 p.w. They succeeded in getting 10s general rise and 1s fine. The instigator and leader was Mrs Dorothy Clarke (later County Councillor and J.P.) who come to Luton in 1914 to take up a job in domestic service, this didn't appeal, she couldn't do straw plait so took a job at Vauxhall's. She joined a Trade Union meeting at the Plait Hall and was chairman of the Women's branch.
Date free text
1916
Production date
From: 1916 To: 1916
Format
Photographic postcard
PU374/94
Reference
Bedfordshire At Work p 105.
Level of description
item
- Bedfordshire At Work in Old Photographs105
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