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An educational site about migration, women and work, workers' rights, and the story of South Asian women workers during the Grunwick and Gate Gourmet industrial disputes.

Migration

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Migration
Women and Work

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Women and work
Rights and Responsibilities

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Women at work
Striking Out

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Striking Out

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Migration

Migration

Explore the reasons why people migrate and their migration journeys across the world.
  • Introduction
  • A history of migration
  • Understanding migration
  • Map of major South Asian migration flows
  • Types of migrants

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Woman at work

Women and Work

Explore how women's waged work has evolved since the 19th century.
  • Introduction
  • 19th and early 20th century
  • World War I: 1914-1918
  • The inter-war years: 1918-1939
  • World War II: 1939-1945
  • Post World War II: 1946-1970
  • From the 1970s to the present

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Women in factory

Rights and Responsibilities

Workers in the UK are guaranteed rights by law. Explore the history of the struggle for these rights and the role of trade unions in gaining rights for workers.
  • Overview of rights and responsibilities at work
  • Claiming rights: Role of trade unions in the UK
  • Workers' rights in a globalised world
  • Workplace issues: Past and present

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Strikers

Striking Out

The stories of South Asian migrant women who took industrial action in the UK in defense of their rights, from Grunwick to Gate Gourmet.
  • Introduction
  • The Grunwick Dispute
  • The Intervening Years
  • The Gate Gourmet Dispute
  • The Legacy of Grunwick and Gate Gourmet

Arts and Humanities Research CouncilUniversity of LeedsUniversity of Lincoln

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