"Workers in Struggle poster" [NMLH.2023.52]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.2023.52

Object Name
Poster

Title
Workers in Struggle

Events
Grunwick strike

Date
1972-1982

Description
The Poster Collective was a collective formed in 1971 at the Slade School of Art,  a group formed to initially produce posters in response to the miners strike and on the wars in both Vietnam and Ireland. It was formed on the basis of developing a coherent visual style, which addressed the political issues of the time. This included the armed struggles against colonialism in Africa, the struggle of women for equal rights and the continuing struggle against racism. The collective was active in the 70's and 80's, producing posters on a wide range of issues, including for educational purposes. The group was not-for-profit and used a variety of hand-printing techniques to create their posters. This is a large yellow poster with black photographs from the Grunwick strike in 1977 and text with an excerpt from an interview with a striker. Text reads: "I learned to go out in different places and to know the ideas of the people and how to talk about the problems we have got. Before the strike
I was not having any experience like that and sometimes we were so active that we were not knowing what was going on at home. That kind of activity very few women have a chance to take part in... I'm talking on behalf of every woman in the strike- they took part in so many ways that they came to know many things and also to educate their own family..."