Jayaben Desei- Grunwick Strikes Part 1
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Interviewee name: Jayaben Desei
Date of event: 1 Jan 1977
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Jayaben Desei worked at Grunwick film processing factory in Willesden, which was the stimulus for the great strike. The unions were keen to be seen supporting black workers and so, for the first time, the trade union leaders gave full support to black strikers. Up to 8,000 workers from across the country joined the picket.

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