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Strikers in Saris
In 1976 South Asian women workers led a strike against poor working conditions in a British factory. Lakshmi Patel was one of the women who picketed the Grunwick film-processing factory in North London for two years, defying the stereotype of submissive South Asian women. They gained the support of tens of thousands of trade unionists along the way. The Grunwick strike was a defining moment for race relations in the UK.
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