Reference number
  • EQT
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • Clips and footage of interviews recorded on VHS, DVCam and Mini DV. Typescript transcripts of some interviews. The videos and transcripts are also available at: http://www.unionhistory.info/equalpay/display.php?irn=619
Extent
  • 5 boxes
Admin history
  • The TUC Equal Pay archive consists of seven filmed interviews with women and union reps who have won important equal pay victories in the last 50 years. A Woman's Worth: the Story of the Ford Sewing Machinists (1968-84); Speaking Out for Change: winning equal pay for NHS speech and language therapists (1985); Sweeping the Board: Belfast cleaners win equal pay victory (1985); Cooking up a Storm: Julie Hayward’s equal pay victory; Breaking Free: the fight for equal pay in the prison service; Catch of the Day: Hull fish packers win equal pay (1984); Just Desserts: Yorkshire Dinner Ladies win back equal pay (1990).
Access status
  • Open