"Grunwick Strike Committee poster" [NMLH.1992.138.5]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.138.5

Object Name
Poster

Title
'Grunwick Strike Committee. Stop the N.A.F.F.! Cut Grunwick off now!'

Place
Willesden & London; [India]

Events
strike;dispute & Grunwick

Description
White board with red text reading GRUNWICK STRIKE COMMITTEE, STOP THE N.A.F.F.! CUT GRUNWICK OFF NOW!

Grunwick was a film and photograph processing laboratory in Northwest London. Six immigrant workers started the Grunwick strike in August 1976. They were prompted by low pay, compulsory overtime and harsh management. Grunwick workers, the majority of whom were Indian women migrants, were being paid just £28 a week at the time, compared to a national industrial average of £76.


The strike gained huge public support and thousands of trade unionists joined the picket line. Despite this the strikers were unable to negotiate better working terms and conditions and the strike had to be abandoned in July 1978.