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the end of September after they realised that they were turning out 500 extra pumps a day for hardly any extra money.
This was the last straw in a factory with minimal sarety standards the workers were areaey rusnce ou nel feet - with no tea-breaks and ony na -an nour tor unci Inthewordsof Susan Starkey A MAGNIFICENT victory has been won by women The women took action at | Engineering Union shop stewHard: You're a commodity that producesand that sil, you veno feelings. *If you get cut, bruised or baltered in the process, it's just hard luck, They can replace vou with someone else."
Forty-eight women sixteen men from the production line were eventually on SITIKE machine shop walked straight the morning until their union called them out.
Even then they were only out "under protest'. As one woman the *We've shown them up because we've proved we're stronger than eee them.
sticking Some of us have and support women with us, and some of nem nave chieren TomaK about But the male workers in the | their strength.' picket each picket line told me:
no men to nave singie but they've proved work!
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striking against arbitrary speed-up at the Grundfos factory in Washington, Tyne & Wear, reports ANNE