Catalogue Number
NMLH.1995.91.168
Object Name
Badge
Title
Lucas Aerospace Workers Plan
Description
Round yellow and orange badge, "Lucas Aerospace Workers Plan" in black, with an illustration of two hands shaking. The badge has a black outline.
In 1974, Lucas Aerospace began cutting jobs as military contracts declined and jobs were offshored. Workers organised themselves into a Combine, developing socially useful products including cutting edge green technologies and dialysis machines. However, these plans were never implemented despite union and Labour pressure on company management. Many workers left to establish the Centre for Alternative Industrial Technologies (CAIT). The Socially Useful Show posters were created to educate others about the Lucas Plan workers.
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