File. 'Clothing Workers' Strike 1970'.

Scope and Content

Papers, correspondence and newspaper cuttings relating to the unofficial strike of 30,000 women in the Leeds clothing industry over pay and the subsequent television drama written by Colin Welland and researched by Jim and Gertie [? Roche]

Includes:

(a) Correspondence with Ken Coates and the Institute for Workers' Control, January 1970 - October 1975.

(b) Paper. 'The Great Clothing Strike of February 1970', by Jim Roche

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