Made in Dagenham

0:00:02 > 0:00:09This film contains strong language.

0:00:26 > 0:00:30CHATTERING

0:00:30 > 0:00:32KEYS RATTLING

0:00:37 > 0:00:41MUSIC: "Israelites" by Desmond Dekker & The Aces

0:00:55 > 0:00:57Dagenham, on London's River Thames,

0:00:57 > 0:01:00is one of the great anvils of the motor industry.

0:01:00 > 0:01:03At this and other plants, Ford of Britain

0:01:03 > 0:01:06shape and fashion 3,000 cars every day.

0:01:06 > 0:01:09The biggest single motor manufacturer in all Europe

0:01:09 > 0:01:11and the fourth biggest in the world.

0:01:11 > 0:01:14Ford of Britain can produce 3,100 vehicles a day

0:01:14 > 0:01:17and 1.5 million of the Ford Cortinas...

0:01:17 > 0:01:20Under the stylish bonnet, a smooth, silent V4 engine.

0:01:20 > 0:01:23Luxurious seats. Handsome all around.

0:01:23 > 0:01:25Slip away in style.

0:01:25 > 0:01:27Located in five European countries,

0:01:27 > 0:01:30Ford facilities now occupy more than seven square miles,

0:01:30 > 0:01:34with a total covered floor space of almost 42 million square feet.

0:01:43 > 0:01:45CHATTERING

0:02:05 > 0:02:07Bloody hell, Eileen, you got more support there than the Arsenal.

0:02:07 > 0:02:11- At least I ain't got bee stings for tits.- Oh, all right. Cheeky.

0:02:11 > 0:02:15- RADIO:- 'Desmond Dekker stirring up a storm with the Israelites

0:02:15 > 0:02:17'on the hottest day of the year so far.

0:02:17 > 0:02:20'So girls, don't forget your bikinis and try and stay cool.'

0:02:22 > 0:02:24BUZZER BLARES

0:02:24 > 0:02:26MACHINES WHIRRING

0:02:26 > 0:02:27Here we go.

0:02:41 > 0:02:45Connie? When you get a moment, can you just have a walkthrough?

0:02:45 > 0:02:47Later, love. Just give me five minutes to settle in.

0:02:47 > 0:02:49Morning. Morning, morning.

0:02:49 > 0:02:52- Everything all right? - Yeah, I overslept.

0:02:52 > 0:02:54How's George?

0:02:54 > 0:02:57Don't ask. I've been up half the night.

0:02:57 > 0:02:59You're all right, you've got time.

0:03:19 > 0:03:20Man!

0:03:20 > 0:03:22BUZZER BLARES

0:03:22 > 0:03:25CHATTERING AND CHEERING

0:03:25 > 0:03:29Ladies, if I could interrupt you a second...

0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Come on. Get yourselves covered up. - Please, ladies. Behave.

0:03:32 > 0:03:35Cover yourselves. Cover yourselves up.

0:03:35 > 0:03:38- Oh, here he is. - What if your husbands saw you?

0:03:38 > 0:03:40- WOMEN WHOOP - What would they say, eh?

0:03:42 > 0:03:44Come on, girls, girls, girls, this is important!

0:03:44 > 0:03:46Thank you, Connie. Thank you.

0:03:46 > 0:03:51Shut up! Just shut up.

0:03:51 > 0:03:53Do you want to hear what I've got to say or not?

0:03:53 > 0:03:55- ALL: Yeah. - Right.

0:03:55 > 0:03:57Now, listen.

0:03:57 > 0:04:00To quote Winston Churchill himself,

0:04:00 > 0:04:04this ain't the end. It ain't even the beginning of the end.

0:04:04 > 0:04:05Oh, for fuck's sake, get on with it.

0:04:05 > 0:04:06WOMEN LAUGH

0:04:06 > 0:04:09- Get on! - Look, ladies, please.

0:04:09 > 0:04:11- I'm doing me best. - Oh, come on.

0:04:11 > 0:04:14Now, the deadline we set the management

0:04:14 > 0:04:17to respond to our complaint

0:04:17 > 0:04:19about how they've regraded you unskilled...

0:04:19 > 0:04:22ANGRY CHATTERING Shh!

0:04:22 > 0:04:26..has now passed. Shut up!

0:04:26 > 0:04:29Which means you've got to vote,

0:04:31 > 0:04:35on the threat we made in the original communique.

0:04:35 > 0:04:38An immediate ban on all overtime. Right?

0:04:38 > 0:04:44And a one-day stoppage to take place on the 29th of May.

0:04:44 > 0:04:48All right? You got that? Right, now,

0:04:48 > 0:04:52those for industrial action, hands up.

0:04:52 > 0:04:54ALL: Yeah!

0:05:00 > 0:05:02Against?

0:05:03 > 0:05:05ALBERT LAUGHS

0:05:05 > 0:05:08WOMEN CHEER

0:05:10 > 0:05:11Full house!

0:05:20 > 0:05:22I'm seeing the management first thing tomorrow morning,

0:05:22 > 0:05:25and I shall inform them of your decision.

0:05:25 > 0:05:27Isn't he gorgeous?

0:05:30 > 0:05:32- We did it. - First time for everything, eh?

0:05:32 > 0:05:34Fuck them. Every other bugger round here

0:05:34 > 0:05:35goes on strike, why shouldn't we?

0:05:35 > 0:05:39Just don't put it like that if you get interviewed by David Frost.

0:05:39 > 0:05:42- Oooh, David Frost! - I know what you think about him.

0:05:43 > 0:05:45It's a bit scary, isn't it?

0:05:45 > 0:05:48- I feel quite proud of us. - You should.

0:05:48 > 0:05:51I fought Rommel in the war, you know?

0:05:51 > 0:05:56I wasn't once scared like I am when I walk in there, I tell you.

0:05:56 > 0:06:01MUSIC: "Wolly Bully" by Sam The Sham And The Pharaoh

0:06:04 > 0:06:07- Happy birthday, Sandra. - Thanks, Eddie.

0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Isn't it lovely what they did? - Come on, get up.

0:06:10 > 0:06:12Are you coming, George?

0:06:12 > 0:06:14- No.- Go on then.

0:06:14 > 0:06:17- Come on, you come.- Connie! - Spoilsport.

0:06:22 > 0:06:24Happy birthday, darling.

0:06:24 > 0:06:26- Thanks.- Happy birthday.

0:06:26 > 0:06:28- Have a wonderful time. - Thanks, Albert.

0:06:34 > 0:06:36MUSIC DIES

0:06:36 > 0:06:37ALL GROAN

0:06:37 > 0:06:41- Oh, leave it out, Dave! - It's all right, it's the fuse box.

0:06:41 > 0:06:45- Calm down.- Of course it's the bleeding fuse box.

0:06:45 > 0:06:47- ALBERT:- Right! - Oh, no, here he goes.

0:06:47 > 0:06:49Altogether now.

0:06:49 > 0:06:51HE PLAYS PIANO

0:06:51 > 0:06:53It's bloody Liberace.

0:06:53 > 0:06:56ALL: # My old man says follow the van

0:06:56 > 0:06:59# And don't dilly-dally on the way... #

0:06:59 > 0:07:03MUSIC RESUMES OVER SPEAKERS

0:07:03 > 0:07:04Oh, gawd.

0:07:07 > 0:07:09Where do you reckon Brenda's got to?

0:07:09 > 0:07:12Where do you think?

0:07:12 > 0:07:13- You're joking!- No.

0:07:17 > 0:07:20MOANING

0:07:24 > 0:07:27Your trim. That'll be hanging right off in a week or two.

0:07:27 > 0:07:30And I bet I know the girl what sewed it, and all.

0:07:30 > 0:07:34Come on, then. Chop-chop, or we'll miss the buffet.

0:07:34 > 0:07:37LAUGHTER

0:07:37 > 0:07:39- Want another one, anyone? - I'll have one.- Yeah.

0:07:39 > 0:07:41- George?- No.

0:07:41 > 0:07:43- I'll be up all night. - Come on, mate.

0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Connie, yeah? - Yeah, yeah. Please.

0:07:46 > 0:07:48Come on. Just a little one.

0:07:48 > 0:07:51G&T, half a mild. Dave? Ta.

0:07:51 > 0:07:54- Port and lemon. - Who's next on the dance floor?

0:07:56 > 0:07:58You sure you don't want to sit down, Sandra?

0:07:58 > 0:08:00Are you joking? I want a snowball.

0:08:00 > 0:08:03Come on, George, you ain't even tripped the old, uh... Come on.

0:08:03 > 0:08:05- No, no, no. It's all right. - Please!

0:08:05 > 0:08:07Do you mind, George, if I have this one?

0:08:07 > 0:08:10Like to keep me hand in. Jitterbug, twist, all them.

0:08:10 > 0:08:13You be careful. We need you on top form tomorrow.

0:08:13 > 0:08:16What you talking about?

0:08:16 > 0:08:17Fantastic.

0:08:17 > 0:08:21- No, no, no. Not being funny. - All right. All right.

0:08:21 > 0:08:23- Good night.- Thanks, mate.

0:08:23 > 0:08:26Sandra. Sandra!

0:08:26 > 0:08:28- Happy birthday.- Shush!

0:08:28 > 0:08:31- Good night.- Be good.

0:08:31 > 0:08:33Hang on. I don't live here.

0:08:33 > 0:08:35- Wait.- What?

0:08:39 > 0:08:42- Now, what was that for? - Nothing. I just like you, that's all.

0:08:42 > 0:08:45- Yeah? Come here.- Hey!

0:08:45 > 0:08:48- Oi, oi, oi! - LAUGHING

0:08:48 > 0:08:50- What are you doing? - Not out here.

0:08:50 > 0:08:53- You're better than that, are you? - Actually, yeah, I am.

0:08:54 > 0:08:56Ooof!

0:08:56 > 0:08:57HE LAUGHS

0:08:57 > 0:09:00BBC RADIO 1 JINGLE PLAYS ON RADIO

0:09:06 > 0:09:09MUSIC ON RADIO: "Tiger" by Brian Auger and the Trinity

0:09:12 > 0:09:14CLATTERING

0:09:16 > 0:09:18RADIO RETUNES

0:09:18 > 0:09:23Graham? Graham. Breakfast.

0:09:24 > 0:09:26There you go.

0:09:26 > 0:09:30- I don't feel very well. - Don't you?

0:09:31 > 0:09:33- You're not hot, love. - It's my stomach.

0:09:35 > 0:09:37OK, what's wrong with your hand?

0:09:37 > 0:09:38Nothing.

0:09:38 > 0:09:40Well, give us a look, then.

0:09:40 > 0:09:42No.

0:09:45 > 0:09:48I never done nothing. Honest.

0:09:49 > 0:09:50Mr Clarke again?

0:09:52 > 0:09:54It'll be fine, OK?

0:09:54 > 0:09:58Now, eat some breakfast and get dressed. I'll deal with it.

0:09:58 > 0:10:01Sharon? Chop-chop.

0:10:03 > 0:10:09- Eddie. Come on, lover boy. - No, no, just clear off, I'm dying.

0:10:09 > 0:10:11We're all dying. We've all got to go to work.

0:10:11 > 0:10:13HE GRUNTS

0:10:15 > 0:10:16Eddie?

0:10:19 > 0:10:21BOTH YELLING

0:10:21 > 0:10:23Oh, you cheeky cow. Come here!

0:10:29 > 0:10:31God.

0:10:31 > 0:10:33Balls.

0:10:33 > 0:10:36Balls, balls, balls. Bollocks.

0:10:46 > 0:10:47Yes?

0:10:53 > 0:10:58Mr Clarke? Can I have a word?

0:10:58 > 0:11:00Of course. How can I help?

0:11:02 > 0:11:03You hit my son.

0:11:05 > 0:11:08On his hand. Caned him.

0:11:08 > 0:11:10And it ain't the first time.

0:11:12 > 0:11:15Ah, yes. O'Grady. I remember.

0:11:15 > 0:11:18Forgot his protractor. And it isn't the first ti...

0:11:18 > 0:11:22Don't care whether it's the hundredth time. I don't want you doing it.

0:11:23 > 0:11:26You live on the estate, don't you?

0:11:27 > 0:11:30- I don't see what that's got... - We find that those boys

0:11:30 > 0:11:33who come to us from the estate often have difficulty

0:11:33 > 0:11:35in adjusting to the standards of behaviour

0:11:35 > 0:11:37required in a school like this.

0:11:37 > 0:11:40It isn't really their fault.

0:11:41 > 0:11:46Their parents have never undergone the full rigour of academic life.

0:11:46 > 0:11:49The boys can hardly look to them for guidance, can they?

0:11:51 > 0:11:53But they do adapt in time.

0:11:53 > 0:11:57And I'm sure your son will too, if he's just given the chance.

0:11:59 > 0:12:03But thank you for your concern, Mrs O'Grady.

0:12:16 > 0:12:19- Are you all right? - Fuck off.

0:12:23 > 0:12:26THUNDER CRASHING

0:12:29 > 0:12:32- Hold on, is this Sandra's? - Yeah, I know.

0:12:32 > 0:12:35Connie? Con?

0:12:35 > 0:12:37Sandra's at it again, look.

0:12:37 > 0:12:40- You've got to say something. - She hasn't.

0:12:40 > 0:12:42You've got to talk to her.

0:12:42 > 0:12:45Don't wave at us, you silly cow. We're moaning about you.

0:12:45 > 0:12:47- I'll do it. - No, you can't keep covering for her.

0:12:47 > 0:12:50- I'll talk to her. - Will you?

0:12:51 > 0:12:53RAIN PATTERS AGAINST ROOF

0:12:53 > 0:12:56Here it comes. Oh, no.

0:12:58 > 0:13:00- Look at that. - We might as well not have a roof.

0:13:00 > 0:13:03How many times have we asked them to fix this?

0:13:03 > 0:13:04It's not difficult, is it?

0:13:04 > 0:13:07- Connie, listen. - Albert...

0:13:07 > 0:13:10I'm sorry, I didn't realise. Oh, my God.

0:13:11 > 0:13:14- I didn't realise. I'm sorry. Oh, God.- You were saying?

0:13:16 > 0:13:18There's a meeting tomorrow.

0:13:18 > 0:13:21At Ford's headquarters down in Warley.

0:13:21 > 0:13:24- You're joking. - I'm not.

0:13:24 > 0:13:27Machinists threatening strike action, they couldn't believe it.

0:13:27 > 0:13:28- Oh, yes!- Yeah.

0:13:28 > 0:13:30We'll have to make a good strategy.

0:13:30 > 0:13:35They'll have Hopkins and Jones and Grant, miserable sod.

0:13:35 > 0:13:38Now, who have we got on our side? We've got, um,

0:13:38 > 0:13:41Monty Taylor from the head office, he's coming.

0:13:41 > 0:13:44There's me, two. You, Con, three.

0:13:44 > 0:13:47- Well, that leaves us one short. - Why?

0:13:47 > 0:13:50Little principle I picked up in the war, Eileen.

0:13:50 > 0:13:54Turn up with more on your side than they've got on their side

0:13:54 > 0:13:56and turn up when they're least expecting it.

0:13:56 > 0:13:58So who's going to make the fourth man?

0:13:58 > 0:14:00- Oh, not me.- I'm not going.

0:14:00 > 0:14:04Any takers? No?

0:14:04 > 0:14:07- You want it?- Fuck off! - THEY LAUGH

0:14:07 > 0:14:10Come on. It's a day off.

0:14:10 > 0:14:12- Oh, actually... - Yeah, you all want to go now.

0:14:12 > 0:14:15Yeah. I ain't having that.

0:14:18 > 0:14:20What?

0:14:20 > 0:14:23- Yeah!- Go on, Rita. Day off.

0:14:23 > 0:14:26- Go on, Rita. - You'd be great, Rita.

0:14:29 > 0:14:31Go on, then.

0:14:31 > 0:14:34Yeah, right. What do you have to do?

0:14:34 > 0:14:37- All right, Gordon? - Hello, Sandra.

0:14:37 > 0:14:40- Don't know where you're going with them.- It's the new Escort.

0:14:40 > 0:14:43- They've finally designed something people like.- They can get fucked.

0:14:43 > 0:14:45- That's right. - We ain't working no overtime.

0:14:45 > 0:14:48Me and the boys were saying we'd have gone on strike

0:14:48 > 0:14:51just having to turn up in a pig hole like this.

0:14:51 > 0:14:55- You know it's raining in here, don't you?- Yeah, yeah. Whatever.

0:14:55 > 0:14:58- See you tomorrow, Connie. - I think he likes you.

0:14:58 > 0:15:01- TV:- 'It's going, it's going. The police are being pushed backwards.

0:15:01 > 0:15:04'There's screaming now. Absolute hysteria.

0:15:04 > 0:15:07'Now you can see the banners are being used as clubs...'

0:15:07 > 0:15:09SHE CHANGES CHANNEL

0:15:09 > 0:15:11'No, look what you're doing!'

0:15:11 > 0:15:13- Sharon?- 'It's all over my shirt.'

0:15:13 > 0:15:16- Turn the telly off now, there's a good girl.- Mum...- Now, please.

0:15:16 > 0:15:18Wake your dad up.

0:15:21 > 0:15:23Wake up, Dad.

0:15:23 > 0:15:24MUSIC PLAYING ON TV

0:15:24 > 0:15:28Right. Come on, you two. Pull your finger out. Help your mum.

0:15:28 > 0:15:30Oi, square eyes, what have I told you?

0:15:32 > 0:15:35Dad, Martine Clarke's got colour. I've seen it.

0:15:35 > 0:15:37Martine Clarke's got colour, has she?

0:15:37 > 0:15:41We'll have to go round her house and watch it after tea, won't we?

0:15:41 > 0:15:43Her mum'll be pleased.

0:15:43 > 0:15:46Look, we'll have colour soon. Once you can rent them.

0:15:46 > 0:15:48Eddie, don't go promising colour.

0:15:48 > 0:15:50We haven't even paid for the fridge yet.

0:15:50 > 0:15:53And the three piece is still on tick.

0:15:53 > 0:15:56- Now we've got all this unrest at work.- What unrest?

0:15:59 > 0:16:02Oh, that? You had a vote, Rita.

0:16:02 > 0:16:06Unrest is when you actually come out and strike. Blimey.

0:16:06 > 0:16:09No, don't look like that. I'm only joking.

0:16:09 > 0:16:10All right.

0:16:10 > 0:16:13I'm proud of you. We all are, aren't we?

0:16:13 > 0:16:16Sticking to your guns. We had a book going on the shop floor.

0:16:16 > 0:16:18No-one thought you'd even take the vote, so...

0:16:18 > 0:16:21Yeah, good on you. Well done.

0:16:23 > 0:16:25Ain't just a vote now.

0:16:27 > 0:16:31Got a meeting tomorrow, all the bosses.

0:16:32 > 0:16:34And I'm going.

0:16:36 > 0:16:37Eh?

0:16:37 > 0:16:40It's all right, I'll plate your tea up in the morning

0:16:40 > 0:16:43and then if I'm back late, you can just heat it through.

0:16:45 > 0:16:49Apparently, you go to a Berni Inn on the way there.

0:16:54 > 0:16:57- That's snazzy.- Isn't it?

0:17:00 > 0:17:02It'll be all right, won't it?

0:17:02 > 0:17:04Yeah, of course.

0:17:04 > 0:17:08We don't have to do anything. The men will do all the talking.

0:17:08 > 0:17:12No, I mean, it's not too posh in there, is it?

0:17:12 > 0:17:16- I'm wearing the right stuff? - No, you'll be fine.

0:17:16 > 0:17:19I'm so glad you're here.

0:17:19 > 0:17:22- After you, ladies. - Gentlemen.

0:17:22 > 0:17:23Thank you.

0:17:23 > 0:17:26- Here you are, sir.- Lovely.

0:17:30 > 0:17:33- Do you ever worry about your waist? - You're joking!

0:17:33 > 0:17:38(That's steak. Bearnaise sauce.)

0:17:38 > 0:17:40It's Monty. He always insists on coming here.

0:17:40 > 0:17:42As long as the union's paying.

0:17:42 > 0:17:44LAUGHING

0:17:44 > 0:17:46HE CLEARS THROAT

0:17:46 > 0:17:48- Rita.- Yeah?

0:17:48 > 0:17:49Word of advice.

0:17:49 > 0:17:53When we get there, don't let them lure you in.

0:17:53 > 0:17:56If they seem to be asking you a question,

0:17:56 > 0:17:58keep your head down. I'll handle it.

0:17:58 > 0:18:02Above all, if I nod, you nod. Got that?

0:18:04 > 0:18:06Right.

0:18:06 > 0:18:08- That nice, was it? - It's lovely, thank you.

0:18:08 > 0:18:11I couldn't eat another thing.

0:18:11 > 0:18:15Oh. Mr Dawson. I'm sorry, we weren't expecting you until...

0:18:15 > 0:18:17It's quite all right. It's no problem.

0:18:17 > 0:18:22Oh, and there's four of us. You might need an extra chair.

0:18:23 > 0:18:24Right.

0:18:28 > 0:18:30Two teas.

0:18:32 > 0:18:33On a previous occasion,

0:18:33 > 0:18:37in a free vote, the girls agreed to the new grading structure.

0:18:37 > 0:18:41They did not agree, however, as to where they would end up on it.

0:18:41 > 0:18:43Which is why we're sitting round this table.

0:18:46 > 0:18:51Look, I understand what the girls are saying. I just don't...

0:18:51 > 0:18:54I'd rather you didn't speak for the girls, Mr Hopkins.

0:18:54 > 0:18:57None of us here knows what's in their heads.

0:18:57 > 0:19:00The fact remains there's a formal grievance procedure in place

0:19:00 > 0:19:02and the machinists' case will be heard.

0:19:02 > 0:19:05What we can't do is let them jump the queue.

0:19:05 > 0:19:07Peter, look,

0:19:07 > 0:19:11you know me. I ain't got no axe to grind with Ford.

0:19:11 > 0:19:14- Am I right or am I right? - You've always been very fair.

0:19:14 > 0:19:18Exactly. Ah, we're all men of the world.

0:19:18 > 0:19:23Let's cut to the chase, shall we? We'll reconvene in two weeks' time.

0:19:23 > 0:19:26- Monty...- Listen.

0:19:26 > 0:19:30We'll reconvene, we'll come back down here again for the day

0:19:30 > 0:19:33and then at that point you can guarantee

0:19:33 > 0:19:35to look into the girls' complaint.

0:19:35 > 0:19:38- The thing is, Monty... - That way

0:19:38 > 0:19:42you can go back to your bosses and say that the strike's off

0:19:42 > 0:19:45because of how you've handled today's negotiations.

0:19:45 > 0:19:50We can go back to the girls and say they're now your number-one priority

0:19:50 > 0:19:52in a few weeks' time.

0:19:55 > 0:19:56That seems very fair.

0:19:56 > 0:19:59Yeah, well, I'm not so sure the girls'll be too happy.

0:19:59 > 0:20:01The girls will be fine.

0:20:01 > 0:20:04As long as they know they're not being fobbed off by the management.

0:20:04 > 0:20:08The union's setting the terms. That's what's important.

0:20:08 > 0:20:09- (Bollocks.)- What?

0:20:13 > 0:20:15I'm sorry, Albert, but it is.

0:20:17 > 0:20:19Three hours we've been sat here.

0:20:19 > 0:20:21"That's what matters to the girls"?

0:20:21 > 0:20:24How you're qualified to talk about that, I do not know.

0:20:26 > 0:20:28Here. Have a look at this.

0:20:31 > 0:20:33There.

0:20:36 > 0:20:38You put them together. Go on.

0:20:38 > 0:20:42- It's Ford property, I believe. - Oh, stop it.

0:20:42 > 0:20:44We have to take all these different pieces

0:20:44 > 0:20:47and work out how they go together.

0:20:47 > 0:20:49Because there ain't no template, is there?

0:20:49 > 0:20:53We have to take them and sew them all freehand into the finished article.

0:20:53 > 0:20:56The same with the door trim and God knows what else.

0:20:56 > 0:21:00That is not unskilled work, which is how you've regraded us.

0:21:02 > 0:21:05Christ, you need to take an exam to get on our line.

0:21:05 > 0:21:08- Please, miss, I... - No, it's Mrs O'Grady.

0:21:08 > 0:21:11Mrs O'Grady, I understand your grievance...

0:21:11 > 0:21:16Well, I really don't think you do. It's not difficult, though.

0:21:16 > 0:21:20We're entitled to semi-skilled and the wages what go with it.

0:21:20 > 0:21:22- Why don't you bring this to the meeting... - Hang on. I haven't finished.

0:21:22 > 0:21:26And as regards to this queue-jumping business, well,

0:21:26 > 0:21:30we put this complaint in months ago, didn't we?

0:21:30 > 0:21:33It's just you've done nothing about it.

0:21:33 > 0:21:34And we all know why.

0:21:34 > 0:21:38It's because women have never been on strike before, isn't it?

0:21:38 > 0:21:40You just thought you could forget it and we'd all go away.

0:21:40 > 0:21:42Well, I'm sorry,

0:21:42 > 0:21:45but it isn't going to be that easy because we're not going anywhere.

0:21:45 > 0:21:48We're going to do what we said we would.

0:21:48 > 0:21:53No more overtime and an immediate 24-hour stoppage.

0:22:00 > 0:22:03And where it goes from there, well, it's up to you.

0:22:05 > 0:22:09If you'll excuse me, I've really got to be going. Thank you very much.

0:22:12 > 0:22:13Thank you.

0:22:15 > 0:22:18Good afternoon, gentlemen. Thank you.

0:22:31 > 0:22:32Do you think I like looking stupid?

0:22:32 > 0:22:34I didn't know what she was going to do!

0:22:34 > 0:22:38You didn't know they were stuck in her handbag, she'd pull them out?

0:22:38 > 0:22:41- Look at his face. - Oh, don't worry, you were great.

0:22:41 > 0:22:44Thank you very much, Albert. Thank you very much(!)

0:22:52 > 0:22:54I knew, I knew. It's up here, you see.

0:22:54 > 0:22:57I wanted clever, Rita, that's why I picked you.

0:22:57 > 0:23:00- Oh, stop it. - When you pulled out these cuttings,

0:23:00 > 0:23:02oh, that was amazing.

0:23:02 > 0:23:06It was. I never expected that, that you'd come prepared.

0:23:06 > 0:23:08Oh, no, he was right. I was nicking them.

0:23:11 > 0:23:14Yeah, Eddie uses them to patch the tent up for when we go camping.

0:23:14 > 0:23:16HE CHUCKLES

0:23:16 > 0:23:20All the same. Listen, don't worry about Monty, I'll handle him.

0:23:20 > 0:23:23- Don't worry.- Can I have them back? - Oh, yeah.

0:23:23 > 0:23:24Cheers.

0:23:24 > 0:23:27MACHINES WHIRRING

0:23:29 > 0:23:32What are you going to say to them?

0:23:32 > 0:23:34- You tell them.- You what?

0:23:34 > 0:23:35This is your bloody fault.

0:23:36 > 0:23:39All right. Hold that.

0:23:49 > 0:23:51Right.

0:23:56 > 0:23:57Everybody out.

0:23:59 > 0:24:00I can't believe it!

0:24:00 > 0:24:03THEY CHATTER EXCITEDLY

0:24:20 > 0:24:22I could do with a cup of tea.

0:24:22 > 0:24:24I could do with something a lot stronger than that.

0:24:24 > 0:24:27DOOR SLAMS CLOSED

0:24:27 > 0:24:29BIG BEN TOLLS

0:24:32 > 0:24:37Now, I realise this is my first day in the job

0:24:37 > 0:24:41and it may be that I am missing something here,

0:24:41 > 0:24:44but when we were elected two years ago,

0:24:44 > 0:24:46it was on a wave of optimism

0:24:46 > 0:24:50that Labour would utilise its close relationship with the unions

0:24:50 > 0:24:55to develop manufacturing industry so that it would better serve

0:24:55 > 0:24:58the employer and the employee.

0:24:58 > 0:25:00Yes, I think that was in the manifesto.

0:25:00 > 0:25:02It was. Trust me.

0:25:02 > 0:25:06So what have you been doing since 1966?

0:25:08 > 0:25:10- I... - Two years this department has had

0:25:10 > 0:25:13in which to make a difference!

0:25:15 > 0:25:19Shall we see what has been achieved in the last 12 months?

0:25:20 > 0:25:2426,000 strikes in the United Kingdom,

0:25:24 > 0:25:28with the resulting loss of 5 million working days.

0:25:30 > 0:25:33Unions and management barely talking to each other,

0:25:33 > 0:25:37productivity levels through the floor,

0:25:37 > 0:25:42and our balance of payments the wrong side of catastrophic.

0:25:43 > 0:25:46It's hardly the stuff to set the champagne corks popping, is it?

0:25:54 > 0:25:57Thank you. See yourselves out.

0:26:01 > 0:26:03Here you are, babes, you forgot your flask.

0:26:03 > 0:26:07- Aw! Love you, babe, cheers. - You too, darling. Good luck.

0:26:07 > 0:26:08You get stuck in, girls.

0:26:08 > 0:26:10- Thank you.- Thank you!

0:26:10 > 0:26:12- Monica, that's yours. - Cheers, love.

0:26:15 > 0:26:18- Yeah, I'm happy with that. - It's a holiday, innit?

0:26:18 > 0:26:20What's this? A mothers' meeting?

0:26:20 > 0:26:22Hey, cheeky sod. Are you all right?

0:26:22 > 0:26:24- How you getting on? - Give us half a chance.

0:26:24 > 0:26:26- Good luck. - See you later.

0:26:26 > 0:26:28Come on, ladies, let's hear you.

0:26:28 > 0:26:33- ALL: Bye. See you later.- Cheers, Eddie.

0:26:33 > 0:26:34What have you done to your eyes?

0:26:34 > 0:26:37It's amazing, isn't it? My friend showed me how.

0:26:37 > 0:26:40Scouts everywhere. That's how Twiggy got discovered, on the street.

0:26:40 > 0:26:42Up west, you dozy sod, not Dagenham.

0:26:42 > 0:26:44You never know.

0:26:44 > 0:26:45We'd better shut this gate.

0:26:45 > 0:26:48I've spelt it right, haven't I?

0:26:49 > 0:26:51Close the gate.

0:26:51 > 0:26:53CHEERING

0:26:53 > 0:26:56I know. At least they know we're serious, eh?

0:26:56 > 0:26:58Not quite as helpless as they thought we were.

0:26:58 > 0:27:00Come on then, girls.

0:27:00 > 0:27:02No more seats today, Mr Ford.

0:27:02 > 0:27:06- Come on, girls, let's get together. - What if we form a line or something?

0:27:06 > 0:27:08- Line up there.- Yeah.

0:27:08 > 0:27:09Hold the banners up.

0:27:09 > 0:27:11- We need some in the back. - Standing?

0:27:11 > 0:27:13- Like that.- Come on, then.

0:27:14 > 0:27:16That's it.

0:27:16 > 0:27:17Here we go.

0:27:17 > 0:27:20- Like this?- Yeah.

0:27:39 > 0:27:41They're running low on finished seats.

0:27:41 > 0:27:44So get these down to the Cortina line,

0:27:44 > 0:27:46then come back for the Escorts.

0:27:49 > 0:27:52They're calling. Come on.

0:28:11 > 0:28:13- Anyone fancy a cuppa?- Yeah.

0:28:13 > 0:28:16- Tea's up, ladies. - Come on.

0:28:18 > 0:28:20Yeah, put that down a bit.

0:28:20 > 0:28:22That's going to hurt your arms.

0:28:28 > 0:28:30Get me Tooley.

0:28:35 > 0:28:38Stand by, girls, could be trouble.

0:28:39 > 0:28:42- Hello, girls. - What's Brenda got?

0:28:42 > 0:28:46Tea's up. Bananas, apples, pears, the lot.

0:28:48 > 0:28:50Thanks for the ride, Arthur.

0:28:53 > 0:28:55- He's lovely.- Brenda, you never!

0:28:55 > 0:28:57- Why not? He's gorgeous.- I would.

0:28:57 > 0:28:59Just as I was leaving with the fruit, he goes,

0:28:59 > 0:29:03"I believe all the workers of the world should unite." So I thought,

0:29:03 > 0:29:05"I can help you with that one straight away, mate."

0:29:05 > 0:29:08- So I did. - THEY LAUGH

0:29:15 > 0:29:18Hey, Peter. Bobby here. What can I do for you?

0:29:18 > 0:29:21We've got another dispute, I'm afraid.

0:29:21 > 0:29:23Another one? Who is it this week?

0:29:26 > 0:29:27It's the women.

0:29:27 > 0:29:30THUNDER CRASHING

0:29:30 > 0:29:32GROANING

0:29:33 > 0:29:36Quick. Quick, quick.

0:29:36 > 0:29:37Come along, girls.

0:29:37 > 0:29:40You're going to get soaked, love.

0:29:44 > 0:29:47Oh, no. They're going to drip, aren't they?

0:29:47 > 0:29:49- It'll be fine. It'll pass. - What are we going to do now?

0:29:49 > 0:29:51- Pubs ain't even open.- Monica!

0:29:52 > 0:29:54Just want to have some chips.

0:29:54 > 0:29:56I suppose we've done a full day, haven't we?

0:29:56 > 0:29:58- We have, haven't we?- Yeah.

0:29:58 > 0:30:00I have got to get down the dogs later.

0:30:00 > 0:30:03Yeah. I did promise my mum I'd cook her tea.

0:30:03 > 0:30:04- Did you?- Yeah.

0:30:05 > 0:30:09Oh, sod it. We've registered the protest, haven't we?

0:30:09 > 0:30:11Yeah.

0:30:11 > 0:30:14- Go on. School's out.- Yeah!

0:30:14 > 0:30:16Home time.

0:30:16 > 0:30:18Onwards and upwards, Rita.

0:30:18 > 0:30:21- Well done, girls.- See you!

0:30:21 > 0:30:25- Hey, and Rita, well done.- Eh?

0:30:25 > 0:30:28It was your gob what got us here, wasn't it?

0:30:28 > 0:30:30LAUGHING

0:30:31 > 0:30:33Sandra?

0:30:58 > 0:31:00I've just been round your house.

0:31:00 > 0:31:02INAUDIBLE

0:31:05 > 0:31:07- I've just been round your house. - Why?

0:31:07 > 0:31:10I thought you would've gone home ages ago.

0:31:10 > 0:31:11No.

0:31:11 > 0:31:15I'm lucky if I can get the lads to hold out for a full hour.

0:31:15 > 0:31:18Look, I wanted a little chat.

0:31:18 > 0:31:20You fancy a cup of tea?

0:31:20 > 0:31:23- I can't. I'm sorry, I've got stuff to...- I'm buying.

0:31:24 > 0:31:28Go on, then. Seeing as it's pelting it down, a quick cuppa won't hurt.

0:31:28 > 0:31:31Over there by the window. Over there.

0:31:31 > 0:31:34I'm dripping all over the floor.

0:31:38 > 0:31:40Come on, Albert, spit it out.

0:31:40 > 0:31:42Yeah.

0:31:43 > 0:31:45- Sorry.- It's all right.

0:31:45 > 0:31:50This dispute's got nothing to do with what skill level you are.

0:31:50 > 0:31:54Ford decided to give you less money because they can.

0:31:54 > 0:31:58They're allowed to pay women a lower wage than men.

0:31:58 > 0:32:01All over the country, Rita, women are getting less

0:32:01 > 0:32:04because they're women.

0:32:04 > 0:32:07You'll always come second.

0:32:07 > 0:32:10You'll always be fighting over the scraps from the top table.

0:32:10 > 0:32:13- Until you... - We get equal pay, yeah.

0:32:17 > 0:32:18Yeah.

0:32:20 > 0:32:23What I don't get is why it's so important to you.

0:32:23 > 0:32:28I got brought up by my mum. Me and me brothers.

0:32:28 > 0:32:30She worked all her life

0:32:30 > 0:32:34and she paid my Aunt Lil to take care of us during the day.

0:32:34 > 0:32:35And it was hard.

0:32:37 > 0:32:41Especially as she was getting less than half

0:32:41 > 0:32:43what the blokes at the factory was getting

0:32:43 > 0:32:45for doing the same work.

0:32:47 > 0:32:50And there was never any question that it could be any different.

0:32:50 > 0:32:52Not for her.

0:32:53 > 0:32:54Yeah.

0:32:55 > 0:32:59Someone has got to stop these exploiting bastards

0:32:59 > 0:33:02getting away with what they've been doing for years.

0:33:02 > 0:33:04And you can.

0:33:04 > 0:33:06You can, Rita, believe me.

0:33:10 > 0:33:14What about Connie? I mean, she's shop steward. We voted for her.

0:33:14 > 0:33:17But this needs a leader.

0:33:17 > 0:33:22Someone to inspire the girls, to make the points clear.

0:33:22 > 0:33:25And that ain't Connie. Not at the moment.

0:33:25 > 0:33:28Not with George the way he is.

0:33:30 > 0:33:34I've already spoke to her. She's more than happy for you to have a go.

0:33:34 > 0:33:36More than.

0:33:36 > 0:33:38Um...

0:33:42 > 0:33:45Look, don't say nothing now.

0:33:45 > 0:33:49Just sleep on it. Will you?

0:34:08 > 0:34:11- Do you want to wait in here? - Eh?

0:34:11 > 0:34:14- Do you want to wait in here? - No, you're all right.

0:34:14 > 0:34:16- Come on, it's tipping it down. Please.- I'm dripping.

0:34:16 > 0:34:19I know. Get in.

0:34:19 > 0:34:22- I'll get it all over your car. - Come in, quick, quick, quick.

0:34:22 > 0:34:25Thank you.

0:34:25 > 0:34:27- Oh, my God.- Gosh, you're soaked.

0:34:27 > 0:34:28- I'm so sorry.- It's fine.

0:34:28 > 0:34:31- I'll ruin your car. - We met before, actually.

0:34:31 > 0:34:35- Do you remember, in the corridor? - Yeah.

0:34:37 > 0:34:40I've been hoping to run into you for a day or two, actually.

0:34:40 > 0:34:43- Oh, yeah?- Um...

0:34:43 > 0:34:46I was wondering if you'd care to sign a letter.

0:34:46 > 0:34:47I'm making a formal complaint

0:34:47 > 0:34:50to the headmaster about Mr Clarke's use of the cane.

0:34:50 > 0:34:51What?

0:34:51 > 0:34:54- He seems to think my son... - Sorry, I mean...

0:34:54 > 0:34:56You were there for the same reason I was?

0:34:56 > 0:34:59Yes. He was indiscreet enough to mention why you'd been there.

0:34:59 > 0:35:00Of course.

0:35:00 > 0:35:03I think he was suggesting we were both hysterical

0:35:03 > 0:35:05and desperately needed to calm down.

0:35:05 > 0:35:08I had it all straight in my head what I was going to tell him

0:35:08 > 0:35:10and what I was going to say.

0:35:10 > 0:35:13- It's just... - Oh, you can't talk to Mr Clarke.

0:35:13 > 0:35:15I mean, nobody can. He... You have to listen.

0:35:16 > 0:35:19He's a bully. Which is why he beats them.

0:35:20 > 0:35:22Yeah.

0:35:22 > 0:35:25Yeah. Go on, then. Give us a pen.

0:35:25 > 0:35:27Um...

0:35:27 > 0:35:28Thanks.

0:35:30 > 0:35:34- It's stopped. - Yeah. That's just my luck, isn't it?

0:35:37 > 0:35:39Thanks.

0:35:39 > 0:35:41Look, um...

0:35:43 > 0:35:45I know you're not mentioning it

0:35:45 > 0:35:48because you're being polite. It's just...

0:35:48 > 0:35:52You know, when we met in the corridor, I was really upset,

0:35:52 > 0:35:55and I never usually use that type of language.

0:35:55 > 0:35:56- Don't you?- No.

0:35:56 > 0:35:59Because I called Mr Clarke a complete cock.

0:35:59 > 0:36:03Oh. Oh! Did you? Fair enough.

0:36:03 > 0:36:07- Well, he is. - BOTH LAUGH

0:36:08 > 0:36:11- Here they come. - Left a bit of a puddle, now.

0:36:11 > 0:36:14It's all right, David's getting in the back.

0:36:23 > 0:36:27That dress, I've seen it before, it's lovely. In Vogue.

0:36:27 > 0:36:30Oh, thanks. It's, um...it's Biba.

0:36:30 > 0:36:33Is it? Well... Well, it's still gorgeous.

0:36:33 > 0:36:37MUSIC: "Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers

0:36:42 > 0:36:46- Have a good day, yeah? - You too. Be good.

0:36:46 > 0:36:47And you.

0:37:00 > 0:37:04Bloody hell, Sandra. I think you've had a bit of shrinkage in the wash.

0:37:04 > 0:37:06Hot pants. Mary Quant's.

0:37:06 > 0:37:08You should give them back to her, they look fucking painful.

0:37:08 > 0:37:11- I think they look lovely. - Thanks.

0:37:11 > 0:37:13It's like what Brenda said, isn't it?

0:37:13 > 0:37:16This ain't Knightsbridge, it's Dagenham.

0:37:16 > 0:37:18If you want to get spotted, you've got to stand out that bit more.

0:37:18 > 0:37:21And that's exactly what I'm going to do.

0:37:21 > 0:37:24- Yesterday were great, weren't it? - Being on strike?

0:37:24 > 0:37:26Yeah.

0:37:26 > 0:37:30It's a glimpse, isn't it? Of how it could be.

0:37:31 > 0:37:34Well, that's what it's about, isn't it?

0:37:37 > 0:37:41Pitch bleeding black. I couldn't see me hand in front of me face.

0:37:41 > 0:37:45Finally when he turns the lights on, it was actually stuck to me bottom lash.

0:37:52 > 0:37:55- She got fired?- Blimey.

0:38:00 > 0:38:04- I'm here, just. Oh, Christ. - Connie? Con?

0:38:04 > 0:38:06- Rita, I... - No, I just want to say something.

0:38:08 > 0:38:10Sorry, I just, um...

0:38:11 > 0:38:15If I was to get a bit more involved, you know, with Albert,

0:38:15 > 0:38:18it's only because I've got a gob on me.

0:38:18 > 0:38:21You're the heartbeat of this place, you always have been.

0:38:21 > 0:38:24Rita, look at me, all at sixes and sevens.

0:38:25 > 0:38:29You can do this. And you should.

0:38:31 > 0:38:33BUZZER BLARES

0:38:33 > 0:38:35Here we go.

0:38:35 > 0:38:37MACHINES WHIRRING

0:38:37 > 0:38:41CHATTERING

0:38:53 > 0:38:54Man!

0:38:56 > 0:38:59WOMEN WHISTLING AND HOOTING

0:39:04 > 0:39:07Oi, oi, Brian!

0:39:08 > 0:39:09Hello, Brian.

0:39:10 > 0:39:13Is that a cotton bob in your pocket or is it a hard-on?

0:39:13 > 0:39:15RAUCOUS LAUGHTER

0:39:17 > 0:39:20- What's he doing? - Having a fiddle.

0:39:34 > 0:39:36Here, Con. Pass them out, girls.

0:39:58 > 0:40:02- Yeah, come on, Rita. - Go on, Rita. Give them hell.

0:40:02 > 0:40:04WOMEN SHOUT IN SUPPORT

0:40:10 > 0:40:13- Ignore it.- Ignore it?

0:40:13 > 0:40:17Standard issue, day after a walkout.

0:40:17 > 0:40:18Have you seen the language?

0:40:18 > 0:40:22"Your flagrant and aggressive disregard for the existing complaints procedure."

0:40:22 > 0:40:25- Tone of that? - They don't mean it.

0:40:25 > 0:40:28- So why are they saying it? - Cos that's how we've always done it.

0:40:28 > 0:40:31All the other strikes. It's like the rules.

0:40:31 > 0:40:34Oh, no, no, no. I'm sorry.

0:40:34 > 0:40:38Sorry, we ain't playing that game. We ain't your men, remember?

0:40:38 > 0:40:41We're us. And we certainly won't be addressed in this manner.

0:40:41 > 0:40:43No.

0:40:43 > 0:40:46All those in favour of not only maintaining

0:40:46 > 0:40:48but increasing our current action

0:40:48 > 0:40:50by going to an immediate all-out stoppage

0:40:50 > 0:40:53until we get the same rates of pay as the men?

0:40:53 > 0:40:55- What?!- Equal pay?

0:40:55 > 0:40:59Well, why not? Because that's what this is really about, isn't it?

0:40:59 > 0:41:01We're on the lowest rate in the whole of the bleeding factory

0:41:01 > 0:41:04despite the fact we've got considerable skill.

0:41:04 > 0:41:07And there's only one possible reason for that.

0:41:07 > 0:41:09- It's cos we're women. ALL:- Yeah.

0:41:09 > 0:41:12And in the workplace, women get paid less than men

0:41:12 > 0:41:13no matter what skill they got.

0:41:13 > 0:41:18Which is why, from now on, we've got to demand a level playing field

0:41:18 > 0:41:21and rates of pay which reflect the job you do,

0:41:21 > 0:41:23not whether you've got a dick or not.

0:41:23 > 0:41:26WOMEN LAUGHING

0:41:26 > 0:41:30This strike is about one thing and one thing only - fairness.

0:41:30 > 0:41:32- Yeah.- That's right.

0:41:32 > 0:41:35- Equal pay or nothing. ALL:- Yeah.

0:41:35 > 0:41:38All those in favour? ALL CHEER

0:41:41 > 0:41:43Everybody out.

0:41:56 > 0:41:59Well, it's got nothing to do with me.

0:41:59 > 0:42:02ALBERT CHUCKLES

0:42:02 > 0:42:04An all-out stoppage?

0:42:04 > 0:42:08Also, the specifics of this strike, they've widened out a bit.

0:42:09 > 0:42:10Christ.

0:42:12 > 0:42:13Shit.

0:42:13 > 0:42:18Fucking Ada. Equal pay? What were you thinking, Monty?

0:42:18 > 0:42:22It wasn't me, it was Albert. He went behind me back.

0:42:22 > 0:42:24- Really, Monty? - He's a loose cannon.

0:42:24 > 0:42:27You want to haul someone over the coals, he's your man.

0:42:27 > 0:42:30A bloody troublemaker.

0:42:30 > 0:42:31Get him in.

0:42:41 > 0:42:44I tried to protect you, Albert.

0:42:44 > 0:42:47But you're going to get such a fucking bollocking.

0:42:47 > 0:42:49Come on, then.

0:42:53 > 0:42:57This is awkward, Albert. You know that, don't you?

0:42:57 > 0:43:02It jeopardises a whole raft of other negotiations

0:43:02 > 0:43:06that the unions are already at loggerheads with management over.

0:43:06 > 0:43:08Look, comrade,

0:43:08 > 0:43:13basically, you encouraging these women to get all militant...

0:43:13 > 0:43:15It shifts the resources away from the blokes,

0:43:15 > 0:43:17who, let's be straight, are the ones at the coalface.

0:43:17 > 0:43:20We ain't unsympathetic,

0:43:20 > 0:43:25but as a union, we have to remember who comes first.

0:43:26 > 0:43:29The Communist Party and Marx himself said,

0:43:29 > 0:43:33"Men write their own history." That's "men," Albert.

0:43:33 > 0:43:36But didn't he also say,

0:43:36 > 0:43:40"Progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex"?

0:43:40 > 0:43:44Or was that a different Marx? That was Groucho, was it?

0:43:46 > 0:43:50Equal pay across the board.

0:43:50 > 0:43:53You telling me that ain't worth fighting for?

0:43:53 > 0:43:56Of course it is. And you know it.

0:43:56 > 0:43:58I'll tell you something.

0:43:58 > 0:44:02This Rita has got a bigger set of balls than you three put together.

0:44:02 > 0:44:05And she ain't scared to lay 'em on the line neither.

0:44:06 > 0:44:08And I, for one, am going to help her.

0:44:10 > 0:44:12And if you are what you say you are,

0:44:12 > 0:44:16an organisation pledged to support its members,

0:44:16 > 0:44:21then you'll get off your lazy, fat arses and you'll help her too.

0:44:23 > 0:44:25Good fucking evening.

0:44:28 > 0:44:31They can't expect us to carry on being graded unskilled.

0:44:31 > 0:44:32Unskilled, my arse.

0:44:32 > 0:44:36MUSIC: "All Or Nothing" by Small Faces

0:44:36 > 0:44:39CHATTERING

0:44:45 > 0:44:48We're here to put across our point of view

0:44:48 > 0:44:50about what's going on and how it ain't fair.

0:44:50 > 0:44:54And also about how it's a part of something bigger, much bigger.

0:44:54 > 0:44:56What about a little bit of support this way?

0:44:58 > 0:44:59Come on, mate.

0:44:59 > 0:45:03You might learn something if you just listened.

0:45:07 > 0:45:10'The time has come for all women to say enough.'

0:45:10 > 0:45:15We do not and we will not accept this any longer.

0:45:18 > 0:45:21- Ow!- Dad, the pan.

0:45:21 > 0:45:23Oh... Bollocks! Ow!

0:45:23 > 0:45:24No, Daddy didn't mean that.

0:45:26 > 0:45:27Thank you. Thank you very much.

0:45:29 > 0:45:32That was magnificent. That was wonderful.

0:45:33 > 0:45:35Be back in a minute.

0:45:40 > 0:45:43RITA: You're doing the same work for Ford here in Liverpool

0:45:43 > 0:45:46that we're doing for them down in Dagenham.

0:45:46 > 0:45:49So you know that our job is skilled.

0:45:49 > 0:45:50Oi. She's a bit of all right.

0:45:53 > 0:45:55I'm asking you to think beyond that.

0:45:55 > 0:45:59I'm asking you to strike now for all women, not just machinists.

0:45:59 > 0:46:01Leave him alone. He's got to concentrate. You've got work to do.

0:46:01 > 0:46:04- Go, get back. - Have a word with him, eh?

0:46:04 > 0:46:07And what is right is that every single one of us

0:46:07 > 0:46:09is entitled to the same pay as men.

0:46:09 > 0:46:11- WOMEN:- Yeah!

0:46:11 > 0:46:13That's my girl.

0:46:13 > 0:46:16Will all those in favour please put your hands in the air now?

0:46:16 > 0:46:18- ALL:- Yeah!

0:46:23 > 0:46:26RITA: Hiya.

0:46:26 > 0:46:28How'd you get on?

0:46:30 > 0:46:34We slaughtered them. Every single one of them came out.

0:46:37 > 0:46:39It was incredible though, Eddie.

0:46:39 > 0:46:41Well done.

0:46:43 > 0:46:46I'll go and check on the kids. Give them a quick kiss good night.

0:46:57 > 0:46:59VACUUM CLEANER HUMMING

0:46:59 > 0:47:02Going to take some money, all right?

0:47:03 > 0:47:05Oh, no. What happened?

0:47:06 > 0:47:08Dad.

0:47:08 > 0:47:10Tell him to give it another go, yeah?

0:47:10 > 0:47:14I'm off. See you later. You're all right taking them to school, aren't you?

0:47:14 > 0:47:17- Of course. - You're all right with that?

0:47:18 > 0:47:22- Everything's all right, isn't it? - Yeah, why wouldn't it be?

0:47:22 > 0:47:25No reason. Have a good day. See you later.

0:47:26 > 0:47:28This is me last one.

0:47:28 > 0:47:31- Eh?- The shirt, I just noticed.

0:47:33 > 0:47:36Oh, yeah. Sorry, I forgot.

0:47:36 > 0:47:38Forgot washing Monday. I'll do it tonight, yeah?

0:47:38 > 0:47:40Right.

0:47:42 > 0:47:44- Take care of your dad. - Bye, Mum.

0:47:44 > 0:47:46Have a good day.

0:47:46 > 0:47:49CLATTERING Oh, dear.

0:47:49 > 0:47:50Come on. Come on, girls.

0:47:50 > 0:47:52WOMEN CHANTING: Equal pay!

0:47:52 > 0:47:54Equal pay!

0:47:54 > 0:47:56Equal pay!

0:47:59 > 0:48:01- Which way?- Wait a minute.

0:48:01 > 0:48:03No, Ri, it's here. It's down this way.

0:48:03 > 0:48:06- It must be up here. - Anyone got a map?

0:48:06 > 0:48:07There.

0:48:09 > 0:48:12- There it is.- Oh, my God.

0:48:12 > 0:48:15Oh, here we are. Here we go.

0:48:16 > 0:48:20CHANTING: We want respect. We want respect.

0:48:20 > 0:48:24We want respect. We want respect.

0:48:24 > 0:48:26Get the banner up. Look, get that...

0:48:26 > 0:48:28- There.- Equal pay for women!

0:48:28 > 0:48:29CAR HORNS HONKING

0:48:29 > 0:48:31- MAN:- I'll support you. - WOMAN:- Thank you for your support.

0:48:31 > 0:48:32Equal pay for women.

0:48:32 > 0:48:34Women workers for equal pay.

0:48:34 > 0:48:38- We want respect. - MAN: Darling, over here.

0:48:40 > 0:48:43WOMAN SHOUTS: We want respect!

0:48:44 > 0:48:46- Hey!- Hello.

0:48:46 > 0:48:49I finish at 4. Give us a call, love?

0:48:49 > 0:48:52This is unbelievable. I never thought we'd get this backing.

0:48:52 > 0:48:54Show us what you got.

0:48:58 > 0:49:00Hold on, girls!

0:49:00 > 0:49:01We're not entirely unfurled, look.

0:49:03 > 0:49:05- MAN:- Don't we all?

0:49:07 > 0:49:08I know the feeling.

0:49:08 > 0:49:09Don't look, boys.

0:49:11 > 0:49:13NEWSREADER: 'In their campaign for equal pay,

0:49:13 > 0:49:16'striking women workers at Ford's Dagenham factory

0:49:16 > 0:49:18'brought their protest to Westminster today.

0:49:18 > 0:49:20'Some didn't need much persuasion

0:49:20 > 0:49:23'to demonstrate their feminine charms for the photographers.'

0:49:23 > 0:49:27It's interesting, all this politics, when you get down to it. Oh, sorry.

0:49:27 > 0:49:30- How long are the girls prepared to stay out? - It must be starting to bite.

0:49:30 > 0:49:33- As long as it takes. - Does your husband support you?

0:49:33 > 0:49:35- He has to.- Yeah.

0:49:35 > 0:49:36Yes, of course he does.

0:49:36 > 0:49:40- And we all supported the men when they went out on strike.- Yeah.

0:49:40 > 0:49:44Does it bother you that you've been described as the Revlon revolutionary?

0:49:44 > 0:49:45WOMEN LAUGHING

0:49:45 > 0:49:48Have they been in touch about doing some modelling?

0:49:48 > 0:49:51I don't think so. I think you're talking to the wrong girl,

0:49:51 > 0:49:53'actually...

0:49:53 > 0:49:57'No, I prefer to focus on the issues of the strike, if that's all right.

0:49:57 > 0:50:01'What makes this strike different is it's not about a specific pay...'

0:50:01 > 0:50:05- Ain't that something, eh? - Yeah, she's doing all right.

0:50:05 > 0:50:08'This is Laurie Cannon, BBC News, at Westmin...'

0:50:08 > 0:50:10She mentioned you on the telly there, Ed.

0:50:10 > 0:50:13I tell you what, that's some woman you got there.

0:50:16 > 0:50:18- Right. I've got to get going. - What, already?

0:50:18 > 0:50:19I've got to fetch the kids.

0:50:19 > 0:50:21Rita reckons they ain't going to be back till gone six,

0:50:21 > 0:50:24- so I need to get them sorted. - Yeah, yeah. Get your apron.

0:50:24 > 0:50:26Shut up, you.

0:50:26 > 0:50:29Tell her to get her finger out. It's gone on long enough now.

0:50:29 > 0:50:33I don't think they're deliberately dragging it out.

0:50:33 > 0:50:34It's all right for you and him,

0:50:34 > 0:50:35it's different for me.

0:50:35 > 0:50:37I can't be doing with this blasted strike.

0:50:37 > 0:50:40Yeah, I know that, and they'll settle it.

0:50:41 > 0:50:42Soon as they can.

0:50:43 > 0:50:46- See you tomorrow. - Yeah. See you later, Ed.

0:50:47 > 0:50:50Top it up, would you, Pete, please?

0:50:57 > 0:51:02There's nothing I can do about it. Come and have a look for yourself.

0:51:02 > 0:51:04That's what I'm saying, you've had them all.

0:51:04 > 0:51:09There are no more finished seats. Full stop.

0:51:09 > 0:51:12Frank, what do you want me to do?

0:51:12 > 0:51:15- We're going home, mate. - You what?

0:51:15 > 0:51:18No more seats, no more jobs.

0:51:18 > 0:51:19For any of us.

0:51:23 > 0:51:25BUZZER BLARES

0:51:39 > 0:51:42You lot are a bit early, aren't you?

0:51:42 > 0:51:45- Hey, what's going on? - You've shut the factory.

0:51:45 > 0:51:47Well done(!)

0:51:56 > 0:52:00NEWSREADER: 'Ford's Dagenham. The vast plant is mainly idle.

0:52:00 > 0:52:05'With thousands laid off, strike bound, and production barely ticking over,

0:52:05 > 0:52:08'millions of vital pounds being lost in export orders.

0:52:08 > 0:52:10'And until there's a satisfactory answer to the rift

0:52:10 > 0:52:12'between management and Ford's women machinists,

0:52:12 > 0:52:15'the factory gates will remain closed indefinitely

0:52:15 > 0:52:17'to the entire workforce.'

0:52:22 > 0:52:24- You all right?- Yeah.

0:52:26 > 0:52:27Been busy, have you?

0:52:29 > 0:52:30Yeah.

0:52:36 > 0:52:37It's the final push, Eddie.

0:52:39 > 0:52:43Entire main plant closed down.

0:52:43 > 0:52:45Ford can't afford that, so...

0:52:51 > 0:52:55I mean, I'm sorry about you and the lads and everything.

0:52:55 > 0:52:58Oh, no, don't worry about us, Rita. We was only saying on the way out,

0:52:58 > 0:53:00it's nice warm weather at the moment.

0:53:00 > 0:53:02If they cut the gas off, we'll hardly notice.

0:53:08 > 0:53:09Yeah.

0:53:18 > 0:53:23Well, the thing is, Eddie, you know...I know how you feel.

0:53:23 > 0:53:25All them times you've been on strike

0:53:25 > 0:53:28and us girls come out in support of you men.

0:53:29 > 0:53:32It's meant no work for us either.

0:53:34 > 0:53:35Yeah.

0:53:41 > 0:53:43- Have you got something on your mind, Eddie?- Eh?

0:53:43 > 0:53:45Have you got something on your mind?

0:53:45 > 0:53:46No, got nothing on me mind.

0:53:46 > 0:53:49I'm fine. I'd say.

0:53:49 > 0:53:50Good.

0:53:52 > 0:53:56It ain't been the easiest day for me either.

0:54:06 > 0:54:09'Thank you for waiting. I have Mr Ford for you, gentlemen.

0:54:09 > 0:54:12'I thought your boy said he could handle this.

0:54:12 > 0:54:14'Do we even know what we're dealing with?

0:54:14 > 0:54:17'Socialist Workers Party? Workers Revolutionary Party?

0:54:17 > 0:54:20'Revolutionary Communist fucking Party?

0:54:20 > 0:54:21'Who's she with?'

0:54:21 > 0:54:24Well, we don't actually think she's with anyone, sir.

0:54:24 > 0:54:27We actually don't even think she's a communist. She looks...

0:54:27 > 0:54:29'I don't care if she looks like Jane fucking Fonda.

0:54:29 > 0:54:32'I want to know why she's acting like this.'

0:54:32 > 0:54:36As a matter of fact, sir, she hasn't got a political background

0:54:36 > 0:54:40either inside or outside the union. Her husband is a moderate.

0:54:40 > 0:54:42We just think she's got a beef.

0:54:42 > 0:54:47'A beef? Ha! Have you tried getting a decent steak in England?

0:54:47 > 0:54:49'If this woman gets what she wants,

0:54:49 > 0:54:53'we'll end up having to do it right across the world.

0:54:53 > 0:54:54'Do you understand that?'

0:54:54 > 0:54:57- Yes, sir, I do. - 'Good.

0:54:57 > 0:55:01- 'So deal with it.' - FORD HANGS UP

0:55:01 > 0:55:04Guess you'll be getting the next flight, huh, Bobby?

0:55:04 > 0:55:06Yeah.

0:55:06 > 0:55:10Prime Minister, I don't think you appreciate the urgency...

0:55:12 > 0:55:14..the urgency of the situation.

0:55:14 > 0:55:16Fetch. Good dog, Barry.

0:55:16 > 0:55:19- That's it.- Prime Minister?

0:55:19 > 0:55:21Until you help me, until I can regulate the unions,

0:55:21 > 0:55:23I cannot get this country back to work.

0:55:23 > 0:55:28I understand that, but we need to tread carefully. Draw the unions in.

0:55:28 > 0:55:30Minister, we have to acknowledge that without the unions,

0:55:30 > 0:55:33- there would be no Labour Party. - Hm.

0:55:33 > 0:55:36Young man, I was a member of the trade union movement

0:55:36 > 0:55:38while you were still at your mother's breast.

0:55:38 > 0:55:41So unless you've got something to add beyond the blindingly obvious,

0:55:41 > 0:55:46I'd prefer it if you keep quiet. Harold, you asked me to do this job.

0:55:46 > 0:55:47You appointed me.

0:55:47 > 0:55:50You're the best man in my cabinet, Barbara, I often say that.

0:55:50 > 0:55:54Harold, I cannot do it without you.

0:55:54 > 0:55:57- I need you. - Jack Scamp, he's your man.

0:55:57 > 0:56:00Any impasse, get Jack in.

0:56:00 > 0:56:03Sits them all round a table, beer and pork pie.

0:56:03 > 0:56:06Straight-talking negotiation. He's the way forward.

0:56:06 > 0:56:08- Beer and pork pie?- Mm-hm.

0:56:08 > 0:56:12Might not do for the latest one down at Ford.

0:56:12 > 0:56:15187 machinists, all women.

0:56:15 > 0:56:19Well, perhaps we can get them a finger buffet in, eh?

0:56:19 > 0:56:22Finger buffet? Good.

0:56:24 > 0:56:28- So how was the flight? - It was long.

0:56:29 > 0:56:31I'm so sorry to drag you over.

0:56:31 > 0:56:35Well, they're taking this very seriously, right at the top.

0:56:35 > 0:56:37Come in, my wife's cooking dinner.

0:56:37 > 0:56:40Well, I don't want to be any trouble.

0:56:40 > 0:56:42Honestly, it's the least I can do.

0:56:42 > 0:56:45Lisa, this is Robert Tooley.

0:56:45 > 0:56:47- Pleasure to meet you.- Likewise.

0:56:47 > 0:56:48At last.

0:56:48 > 0:56:52I was telling Peter that I'm perfectly happy to eat later at the hotel so...

0:56:52 > 0:56:56- It's really no problem. - She loves to cook, don't you?

0:56:56 > 0:56:58- Let me take your hat and coat. - Thank you.

0:57:00 > 0:57:02Come through, have a drink.

0:57:02 > 0:57:04I'll run you back when we're finished.

0:57:06 > 0:57:09Thank you. It was delicious.

0:57:09 > 0:57:11Lovely. Thank you.

0:57:11 > 0:57:14Can you bring some brandy glasses back in with you?

0:57:14 > 0:57:17- Absolutely.- Lisa? Do you mind if I call you Lisa?

0:57:18 > 0:57:21You must have quite a head on your shoulders.

0:57:21 > 0:57:25Peter tells me that you read history at Cambridge?

0:57:25 > 0:57:27- Yes, I did.- Do you mind if I ask,

0:57:27 > 0:57:31what do you think of our little problem over at the factory?

0:57:31 > 0:57:35Do you think maybe he's a bit too much velvet glove?

0:57:35 > 0:57:38- Not enough iron fist? - Oh, not at all, no.

0:57:38 > 0:57:42No, quite the opposite actually. Look at Vauxhall.

0:57:42 > 0:57:45They don't have any problems with the unions and that seems to me to be

0:57:45 > 0:57:49because General Motors has a more collaborative approach to management.

0:57:49 > 0:57:52Whereas at Ford, you...

0:57:52 > 0:57:56Well, you only deal with the unions because you have to.

0:57:56 > 0:58:00You tolerate them. And as a result, they're more entrenched

0:58:00 > 0:58:03and they're aggressive in their dealings with you.

0:58:07 > 0:58:13Well, that's a very progressive point of view.

0:58:13 > 0:58:15Don't you think?

0:58:15 > 0:58:19- Cheese.- What?

0:58:19 > 0:58:22We have some Stilton. Why don't you get that out?

0:58:22 > 0:58:25- Right.- Some grapes.

0:58:25 > 0:58:28- Yes, good idea. - That'll be terrific, thank you.

0:58:38 > 0:58:42Come on, girls. There's a cauliflower or cabbage for everyone.

0:58:42 > 0:58:44Cauliflower again? Haven't you got anything else?

0:58:46 > 0:58:47Blimey, he must love you.

0:58:47 > 0:58:50I've never had real pineapple.

0:58:50 > 0:58:53- Let her know it's yours. - Go on, Mum.

0:58:53 > 0:58:56- Sandra, here's your strike pay. - Thanks.

0:58:58 > 0:59:01- Three quid? - Yeah, I know it's not much.

0:59:01 > 0:59:05- It's all the union can afford, I'm afraid.- Better than nothing.

0:59:05 > 0:59:08- I'll take it back if you don't want it.- No, I'll have it.

0:59:08 > 0:59:09Oh, all right then.

0:59:09 > 0:59:11Sandra, cauliflower or cabbage?

0:59:13 > 0:59:15- I'm fine, thanks. - Come on, take one.

0:59:15 > 0:59:17No, I'm all right.

0:59:19 > 0:59:21I've got to go, actually.

0:59:21 > 0:59:24- So I'll see you all later. - See you.

0:59:24 > 0:59:25See you later.

0:59:25 > 0:59:28- This one's for Connie, you seen her? - I haven't.

0:59:28 > 0:59:31- I'll give it to her. - Monica?

0:59:31 > 0:59:35- Oh, is that Connie's? I'll take it. - No, Rita, it ain't all your responsibility.

0:59:35 > 0:59:39Yeah, I know. I want to see her anyway.

0:59:39 > 0:59:41- Is that real pineapple? - You bet.

0:59:41 > 0:59:43- Can I have some? - Go on, help yourself.

0:59:44 > 0:59:47- See you.- See you. - Bye.- See you later, Rita.

0:59:47 > 0:59:49Come on, girls, get stuck in.

0:59:49 > 0:59:50There you go. Go on.

0:59:51 > 0:59:54- So sweet. - Yeah, it's just like him.

0:59:54 > 0:59:58Connie? Connie, are you there?

0:59:58 > 1:00:00Got you a present.

1:00:01 > 1:00:04It's from Brenda's fella. Makes a change from potatoes, eh?

1:00:06 > 1:00:09Albert's been in touch. There's a meeting down the union.

1:00:09 > 1:00:12Sounds important. Thinks we should both be there.

1:00:12 > 1:00:13No, I don't think so.

1:00:14 > 1:00:17What are you talking about?

1:00:17 > 1:00:18Connie?

1:00:24 > 1:00:27George is ill, Rita. You know that.

1:00:27 > 1:00:30He's touched.

1:00:32 > 1:00:34The strike's just whipping everything up.

1:00:34 > 1:00:36I've got to put him first.

1:00:37 > 1:00:41- Look, Connie, I know it's hard... - No, you don't.

1:00:45 > 1:00:49I'm not his wife anymore. I'm more like his sister or his...

1:00:50 > 1:00:52But I'm his.

1:00:54 > 1:00:56That's all he's got left.

1:00:57 > 1:01:01Connie, I ain't saying you've got to give up on him.

1:01:03 > 1:01:06You've got a life too, you know.

1:01:06 > 1:01:08You've got to live it.

1:01:08 > 1:01:11Or the war's going to end up destroying two people.

1:01:20 > 1:01:24GEORGE GASPS

1:01:27 > 1:01:31GEORGE GASPS AND GROANS

1:01:33 > 1:01:35George. George. Shh, shh.

1:01:35 > 1:01:37GEORGE YELLS

1:01:37 > 1:01:42It's all right, it's all right, I'm here, I'm here, I'm here.

1:01:42 > 1:01:45It doesn't matter. I'll change it, come on.

1:01:45 > 1:01:49- Out you come. - What the hell do you care?

1:01:49 > 1:01:52I know what you're up to. You're going to put me away!

1:01:52 > 1:01:56George! Stop it. Stop. Stop. Stop!

1:01:59 > 1:02:01GEORGE SOBS

1:02:05 > 1:02:07I'm sorry.

1:02:08 > 1:02:10I'm sorry.

1:02:16 > 1:02:20- Monty, this is Mr Tooley, he's from...- Good afternoon, Mr Taylor.

1:02:20 > 1:02:22Go break the strike, please. As soon as possible.

1:02:25 > 1:02:28I'm not sure you appreciate whose side I'm on.

1:02:28 > 1:02:31Oh, yes, I do. See, I've been going through your file here.

1:02:31 > 1:02:32File?

1:02:32 > 1:02:35You seem to be on YOUR side, Mr Taylor.

1:02:36 > 1:02:40I beg your pardon? I don't have to listen to this.

1:02:40 > 1:02:42Yeah, that's it, keep walking.

1:02:42 > 1:02:44And in six months' time, your union won't exist.

1:02:45 > 1:02:49Industry cannot afford to pay women the same rates as men, gentlemen.

1:02:49 > 1:02:53That is a fact. If it is forced to, it will collapse,

1:02:53 > 1:02:56under the weight of the extra wages. Its workers will get laid off.

1:02:56 > 1:02:59Their union subscriptions will disappear

1:02:59 > 1:03:01and so too, then, will the unions which collect them.

1:03:01 > 1:03:03That means you, Monty.

1:03:04 > 1:03:08You would no longer have any reason to visit these gentlemen via the...

1:03:08 > 1:03:11What is it? Berni Inn, is it?

1:03:11 > 1:03:15The Queen's Head? The Chequers? Wow, that's a lot of restaurants.

1:03:15 > 1:03:20Not to mention the all-expenses-paid trips to the party conferences,

1:03:20 > 1:03:23to the union conferences. In Paris, no less.

1:03:24 > 1:03:29The Gallic rank and file. Good on you, Monty.

1:03:29 > 1:03:33These women get what they want and you're fucked.

1:03:33 > 1:03:36So I'd start thinking a little less about what your union can do for you

1:03:36 > 1:03:40and a little more about what you can do for your union.

1:03:40 > 1:03:42Go break the strike.

1:03:42 > 1:03:44Please.

1:03:50 > 1:03:53Personnel files, gentlemen.

1:03:53 > 1:03:56Everyone's got a weakness, you just have to find it.

1:03:59 > 1:04:02PHONE RINGS

1:04:02 > 1:04:05- SANDRA:- Hello?

1:04:05 > 1:04:08Yeah, hello, yes. Yeah, it is.

1:04:08 > 1:04:12It's all right. I got your note. Thank you.

1:04:12 > 1:04:15Sorry, I was busy when you came round.

1:04:18 > 1:04:19What?

1:04:21 > 1:04:23Really?

1:04:26 > 1:04:28Hello, Gordon. You all right?

1:04:28 > 1:04:31- Yeah, I'm all right. You all right? - Yeah, I'm all right.

1:04:31 > 1:04:34Yeah? Course you are. Well, you don't have to work, do you?

1:04:34 > 1:04:35Eh?

1:04:35 > 1:04:39You can afford to have principles. I mean, you ain't the breadwinner.

1:04:39 > 1:04:41It's nice. It's a bit extra, but you don't have to.

1:04:41 > 1:04:43I have to fucking work.

1:04:43 > 1:04:45You know, pay the electric and the food and the coal,

1:04:45 > 1:04:48the fucking basics. Only now I can't.

1:04:48 > 1:04:50Fucking idiot.

1:04:57 > 1:05:00Do you believe in this women's strike?

1:05:00 > 1:05:03- No, I don't. - They shouldn't get the same as lads.

1:05:03 > 1:05:06- You don't believe in equal pay? - No, no, no. Not for women.

1:05:06 > 1:05:09The men are the breadwinners. The women shouldn't strike

1:05:09 > 1:05:12because a lot of them husbands work here.

1:05:12 > 1:05:15Now that all the lads have been made redundant, they're going to be nervous.

1:05:15 > 1:05:19And Monty, Ford's has rattled him, I can tell.

1:05:19 > 1:05:22So be careful what news you share with him, right?

1:05:27 > 1:05:29- That's our fridge.- Bingo.

1:05:29 > 1:05:31- Excuse me.- What's going on?

1:05:31 > 1:05:33- We ain't paid the HP.- Eh?

1:05:33 > 1:05:38Last of mine went in the electric bill. How are you set?

1:05:41 > 1:05:44What, you want me to hold the door open for you now?

1:05:44 > 1:05:46Go on. I'll make life a little bit easier for you.

1:05:48 > 1:05:51- You spent the money. - Eh?

1:05:51 > 1:05:53Spent the last of the emergency, out of the repair kit.

1:05:53 > 1:05:57I had to pay the milkman. Not that it matters, we ain't got a fridge.

1:05:57 > 1:05:59- Why?- What do you mean, why?

1:05:59 > 1:06:03- Could have put him off till next week.- He wanted paying.

1:06:03 > 1:06:05- You should've told him we didn't have it.- Right.

1:06:05 > 1:06:07I'm in charge of the money.

1:06:07 > 1:06:10You ain't much fucking good at it, are you? We might have some left.

1:06:12 > 1:06:15Welcome to the real world, Rita. This is being on strike.

1:06:15 > 1:06:18You run out of cash and you end up screaming at each other.

1:06:18 > 1:06:21- What happened to you? - Oh, shut up.

1:06:21 > 1:06:24- Don't you tell me "shut up." Eddie...- Hi, Rita.

1:06:24 > 1:06:26- All right, Marge?- I thought yous lot were back at work.

1:06:26 > 1:06:28- Can you come in now? - In a minute, love.

1:06:28 > 1:06:31- No, no, we're still on strike. - Oh, right.- Please?

1:06:31 > 1:06:34- Sharon...- It's just I was sure I saw your Sandra down the factory.

1:06:40 > 1:06:42- Sandra?- Yeah, it was her.

1:06:42 > 1:06:45- Love, in a minute. - I'll see you later, all right?

1:06:45 > 1:06:47All right.

1:06:50 > 1:06:52I'm sorry, love. Mummy's got to sort something.

1:06:52 > 1:06:54- But you said... - Yeah, I know I did.

1:06:54 > 1:06:58Eddie? Eddie, can you look after Sharon?

1:06:58 > 1:07:01I'll be back later, love. It's all right, sweetheart.

1:07:05 > 1:07:11Yes. I like this. This is beautiful. Hi. Sally, is it?

1:07:11 > 1:07:13- Sandra.- Sandra, yes.

1:07:13 > 1:07:15OK, chin up for me. Find this light up here.

1:07:15 > 1:07:18Find the birdie. There we go.

1:07:18 > 1:07:20That's a little bit sexy. OK, there we go.

1:07:21 > 1:07:25Fabulous, you're a natural. Let's go down on the floor, here.

1:07:25 > 1:07:27I like that. I like that.

1:07:27 > 1:07:30And I fucking well like that.

1:07:30 > 1:07:33I don't know about you guys, I've forgotten about the car.

1:07:38 > 1:07:41That's great. Let's go up here. Let's go nice and high now, guys.

1:07:41 > 1:07:44Straight into the camera.

1:07:44 > 1:07:46Sandra...

1:07:46 > 1:07:49Keep that. Just keep the pose going there, Sandra.

1:07:51 > 1:07:55I'm sorry, can I just take a minute?

1:07:55 > 1:07:57- Do you want to get back...? - I need a minute, I'm sorry.

1:07:57 > 1:07:58Sure.

1:08:05 > 1:08:10- This is something I've always wanted.- I know.

1:08:11 > 1:08:15I mean, I don't even know if I really care about equal pay.

1:08:15 > 1:08:18I mean, it's still a shitty factory.

1:08:18 > 1:08:22This is just a brochure, but, you know...

1:08:22 > 1:08:25It's only trade, but it'll lead on.

1:08:25 > 1:08:28Get my foot in the door, you know?

1:08:31 > 1:08:35- I just don't want to let you down. - You haven't let us down.

1:08:35 > 1:08:37You haven't gone back to work, have you?

1:08:38 > 1:08:41Because that's the deal here, isn't it?

1:08:41 > 1:08:43They set up this shoot, and you go back to work?

1:08:44 > 1:08:47Only you haven't gone back to work, have you? So...

1:08:51 > 1:08:54- Yeah, but if they don't use these photos unless I...- Sandra.

1:08:57 > 1:08:58Look at you.

1:09:00 > 1:09:03You are a model.

1:09:03 > 1:09:05You're a natural.

1:09:07 > 1:09:09They couldn't get better.

1:09:12 > 1:09:14You could, though.

1:09:19 > 1:09:23There she is. Up against the clock now, my love.

1:09:23 > 1:09:28Come along. Drape yourself across this vehicle. I shall avert my eyes.

1:09:30 > 1:09:31How's this look?

1:09:32 > 1:09:33Ah...

1:09:36 > 1:09:37No?

1:09:47 > 1:09:48Hi, Mum.

1:09:51 > 1:09:54Mum, we've got to go.

1:09:54 > 1:09:56Yes. Sorry, darling.

1:10:03 > 1:10:07- You're going, are you? - You know I am. I said.

1:10:07 > 1:10:09Rita asked me to go special.

1:10:10 > 1:10:13You've got to fight for what you believe in, George.

1:10:13 > 1:10:14You know that more than anyone.

1:10:16 > 1:10:19You think I'd do the same again? If another war come round?

1:10:21 > 1:10:23I know you would.

1:10:26 > 1:10:28I love you.

1:10:31 > 1:10:32Go.

1:10:45 > 1:10:48- Minister!- The unions are turning.

1:10:48 > 1:10:51The other unions. Normally, they all band together.

1:10:51 > 1:10:53Yes, I gather that's called solidarity.

1:10:53 > 1:10:56Only, they're not being solid. The men want to return to work.

1:10:56 > 1:10:59So they're telling their unions to withdraw support,

1:10:59 > 1:11:01to put pressure on the women.

1:11:01 > 1:11:03- They'll be back within the week. - We'll see.

1:11:03 > 1:11:07You're assuming the girls will do as they're told.

1:11:11 > 1:11:13It's not my fault.

1:11:17 > 1:11:20- Connie!- You said it was important.

1:11:21 > 1:11:23- Thanks. - Listen, I'm sorry I'm late.

1:11:23 > 1:11:25We've got to talk before this meeting.

1:11:25 > 1:11:29- They're ready for you now. - This way, ladies.

1:11:32 > 1:11:33They've hung you out to dry.

1:11:33 > 1:11:36The lads in the other unions have had enough.

1:11:36 > 1:11:39So whatever they say to you now, don't believe it.

1:11:39 > 1:11:41We'll sort it out later, all right?

1:11:42 > 1:11:47We're absolutely behind you still, Rita. You and the girls.

1:11:47 > 1:11:49We're not saying otherwise.

1:11:49 > 1:11:54We've got other representatives from other unions to pledge their support.

1:11:54 > 1:11:57You haven't got them all though, have you? The important ones.

1:11:57 > 1:12:00No, but we're very confident we'll prevail.

1:12:00 > 1:12:05The thing is though, we've got the national conference coming up.

1:12:05 > 1:12:09The most sensible thing, probably, would be just go to a vote.

1:12:09 > 1:12:14Which would be the actual final and binding position, I believe, comrade.

1:12:14 > 1:12:18- After which, it'd be out of our hands.- That's right, Monty.

1:12:18 > 1:12:21As I say, we're expecting full support.

1:12:21 > 1:12:23HE COUGHS

1:12:28 > 1:12:31We've got to go to Eastbourne and talk to them first, before he does.

1:12:31 > 1:12:35"Actual final and binding position, comrade." Cheeky sod.

1:12:35 > 1:12:37That Monty is a sly one though, isn't he?

1:12:37 > 1:12:40I can't wait to see his face when we turn up down there.

1:12:40 > 1:12:44- See you tomorrow. - We can deal with him, Con.

1:12:44 > 1:12:47- We can deal with anyone. - That's right, comrade.

1:12:54 > 1:12:58- CONNIE:- No! No, George!

1:12:58 > 1:13:00No!

1:13:00 > 1:13:02Connie! Connie!

1:13:04 > 1:13:06Connie...

1:13:08 > 1:13:12- Oh, George! - Connie! Connie, let me in!

1:13:16 > 1:13:19It's OK. Dear God!

1:13:36 > 1:13:39May the blessing of God Almighty,

1:13:39 > 1:13:42the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

1:13:42 > 1:13:45be with you always. Amen.

1:13:45 > 1:13:47ALL: Amen.

1:14:23 > 1:14:25I'm so sorry, Connie.

1:14:25 > 1:14:27No, you're not.

1:14:29 > 1:14:30What?

1:14:30 > 1:14:34You thought he was a millstone. You thought he was keeping me back.

1:14:34 > 1:14:36Hey, Con, that's enough.

1:14:36 > 1:14:38I should've been there.

1:14:43 > 1:14:45- Yeah, I'm all right.- It's all right.

1:14:45 > 1:14:46I know.

1:15:32 > 1:15:34- Hello.- Hello.

1:15:35 > 1:15:38- This is a surprise.- Yes, I'm sorry. I'm sorry it's so late.

1:15:38 > 1:15:41- I nearly didn't come at all. - It's all right.

1:15:41 > 1:15:42I...

1:15:43 > 1:15:47Sorry, yeah. Do you want a cup of tea?

1:15:47 > 1:15:50Listen, to be honest, I'm not feeling the most chatty today. I'm sorry.

1:15:50 > 1:15:51No, it's fine, really.

1:15:51 > 1:15:54I really don't want to keep you. It's just, um...

1:15:55 > 1:15:58Mr Clarke's been asked to leave the school.

1:16:00 > 1:16:02We won. They're getting rid of him.

1:16:05 > 1:16:10Right. Of course, yeah. Oh, that's great.

1:16:10 > 1:16:12- I just... - That's brilliant.

1:16:12 > 1:16:15- Well, I wanted to tell you. - Well, cheers. Thanks.

1:16:15 > 1:16:18- Anyway, I'm sorry to bother you. - Not at all, thanks.

1:16:22 > 1:16:23I'm married to Peter Hopkins.

1:16:25 > 1:16:27- Sorry, what?- At the factory.

1:16:28 > 1:16:31I had a feeling that you didn't know.

1:16:31 > 1:16:34And I didn't know who you were.

1:16:34 > 1:16:35With the strike.

1:16:38 > 1:16:40Sorry, I don't understand.

1:16:42 > 1:16:46I'm sorry, if you've come here to tell me to back off,

1:16:46 > 1:16:48I wasn't joking. I've had a hell of a day and...

1:16:48 > 1:16:51Oh, no. Oh, no.

1:16:51 > 1:16:54Keep going. Please, keep going.

1:16:54 > 1:16:57Do you know who I am? Who I actually am?

1:16:57 > 1:17:01- No. - I'm Lisa Burnett, I'm 31 years old.

1:17:01 > 1:17:03I have a first-class honours degree

1:17:03 > 1:17:06from one of the finest universities in the world.

1:17:06 > 1:17:08And my husband treats me like I'm a fool.

1:17:11 > 1:17:14And when I was studying for my degree,

1:17:15 > 1:17:18I was very, very happy.

1:17:18 > 1:17:22And mostly because of the work. Because I loved reading

1:17:22 > 1:17:26about all these extraordinary people making history.

1:17:26 > 1:17:28And...

1:17:28 > 1:17:31And I just wondered what it felt like.

1:17:33 > 1:17:37So let me know, will you, when you finish doing it?

1:17:37 > 1:17:39I...

1:17:42 > 1:17:44Don't give up.

1:17:48 > 1:17:50Don't let me down.

1:18:19 > 1:18:23- Rita, wait! Where are you going? - Eastbourne. I left you a note.

1:18:23 > 1:18:25- I thought you changed your mind. - I've got to go.

1:18:29 > 1:18:31Rita? Look, Rita, just stop.

1:18:31 > 1:18:33- What, Eddie? - Just listen to me. Just...

1:18:34 > 1:18:36We've got to sort this out.

1:18:36 > 1:18:40- Eddie... - No, no, no, we have, right? Just...

1:18:40 > 1:18:43Look, I know it ain't been good between us lately,

1:18:43 > 1:18:45which I ain't about to make worse, I promise you.

1:18:45 > 1:18:47- Eddie... - Just listen to me.

1:18:51 > 1:18:54Look, if I ain't appreciated what you've done recently...

1:18:54 > 1:18:57- Got to catch a bus. - Rita, I really am sorry,

1:18:57 > 1:18:59but you ain't been perfect either.

1:18:59 > 1:19:03- This really ain't the time, Eddie. - Yes, it is, because it needs saying.

1:19:04 > 1:19:07I know you reckon I ain't bothered about the important things.

1:19:07 > 1:19:09And I bloody well drift along

1:19:09 > 1:19:11and I'm more interested in fiddling with motorbikes

1:19:11 > 1:19:16or making tents out of seat covers, but, you know, I try me best.

1:19:17 > 1:19:19You know? I have a go.

1:19:21 > 1:19:24I mean, Christ, I like a drink, but I ain't out on the beer every night

1:19:24 > 1:19:27or screwing other women or...

1:19:27 > 1:19:29And I've never once raised me hand to you.

1:19:29 > 1:19:32Ever. Or the kids.

1:19:32 > 1:19:34- Christ...- What?

1:19:35 > 1:19:37Why you looking like that?

1:19:37 > 1:19:42Right. You're a saint now, is that what you're telling me, Eddie?

1:19:42 > 1:19:45You're a bleeding saint? Because you give us an even break?

1:19:45 > 1:19:49- What are you saying?- That is as it should be. Jesus, Eddie!

1:19:49 > 1:19:52What do you think this strike's all been about?

1:19:53 > 1:19:56Yeah, no, actually, you're right. You don't go on the drink.

1:19:56 > 1:19:58You don't gamble, you join in with the kids,

1:19:58 > 1:20:00you don't knock us about. Oh, lucky me.

1:20:00 > 1:20:03For Christ's sake, Eddie, that's as it should be!

1:20:05 > 1:20:07You try and understand that.

1:20:09 > 1:20:14Rights, it's not privileges. It's that easy. It really bloody is.

1:20:28 > 1:20:31CHATTERING

1:20:39 > 1:20:41- I didn't think you were coming.- Hey.

1:21:06 > 1:21:08Very good, gentlemen.

1:21:08 > 1:21:10Can I call on Monty Taylor,

1:21:10 > 1:21:12Senior Convener, Ford Dagenham?

1:21:12 > 1:21:14CROWD APPLAUDING

1:21:14 > 1:21:18- Thank you, Mr Chairman, I shall try to be brief.- If you would.

1:21:22 > 1:21:26The great achievements of civilisation

1:21:26 > 1:21:30depended on slow progress.

1:21:30 > 1:21:33Step by step.

1:21:33 > 1:21:40Hence, I am here because I feel that my union, in backing...

1:21:42 > 1:21:43..these...

1:21:43 > 1:21:47these lovely, brave ladies,

1:21:47 > 1:21:52these Boadiceas in hairnets...

1:21:52 > 1:21:53MEN CHUCKLING

1:21:53 > 1:21:59..on their way to a fight for equal pay, no matter what.

1:22:03 > 1:22:07'But we have to think about the trade union struggle as a whole.

1:22:07 > 1:22:10'Therefore, gentlemen, I ask you'

1:22:10 > 1:22:14to consider these ladies' demands too much, too soon.

1:22:14 > 1:22:18Monty Taylor, you two-faced, hypocritical toe-rag!

1:22:18 > 1:22:19You fucking piece of...

1:22:19 > 1:22:22- Hang on.- No, you hang on!

1:22:22 > 1:22:24Sorry, gentlemen.

1:22:24 > 1:22:28Hey, we'll sort this out between ourselves later, eh?

1:22:28 > 1:22:32Monty, I've seen more of their mugs on the front pages the past few weeks

1:22:32 > 1:22:34than you've managed in 20 years.

1:22:34 > 1:22:35MEN CHUCKLING

1:22:35 > 1:22:39I wouldn't mind hearing from them.

1:22:39 > 1:22:42Go on. Go on.

1:23:07 > 1:23:10My best friend lost her husband recently.

1:23:12 > 1:23:14He was...

1:23:16 > 1:23:18He was a gunner in the 50 Squadron in the RAF.

1:23:20 > 1:23:23Got shot down one time on a raid to Essen.

1:23:25 > 1:23:29And even though he was badly injured, he managed to bail out.

1:23:31 > 1:23:35I asked him why he joined the RAF and he said:

1:23:37 > 1:23:39"Well, they got the best women, haven't they?"

1:23:39 > 1:23:41MEN CHUCKLING

1:23:41 > 1:23:43Which they did.

1:23:43 > 1:23:48And then he said, "Well, you've got to do something, ain't you?"

1:23:49 > 1:23:53You had to do something. That was a given.

1:23:53 > 1:23:57Because it was a matter of principle.

1:23:57 > 1:24:01You had to stand up, you had to do what was right.

1:24:03 > 1:24:06Otherwise you wouldn't be able to look at yourself in the mirror.

1:24:12 > 1:24:15When did that change, eh?

1:24:16 > 1:24:23When did we, in this country, decide to stop fighting?

1:24:27 > 1:24:29I don't think we ever did.

1:24:32 > 1:24:34But you've got to back us up.

1:24:34 > 1:24:37You've got to stand up with us.

1:24:39 > 1:24:45We are the working classes. The men and the women.

1:24:47 > 1:24:50We're not separated by sex.

1:24:50 > 1:24:54But only by those who are willing to accept injustice

1:24:54 > 1:24:58and those, like our friend George,

1:25:01 > 1:25:05who are prepared to go into battle for what is right.

1:25:06 > 1:25:11And equal pay for women is right.

1:25:19 > 1:25:20Thank you.

1:25:20 > 1:25:22CHATTERING

1:25:22 > 1:25:25I never even knew you could talk like that!

1:25:25 > 1:25:29Scorch marks all the way up the curtains where Monty's arse caught fire.

1:25:29 > 1:25:31Hello. Excuse me.

1:25:31 > 1:25:33Gin!

1:25:33 > 1:25:36I need to calm my nerves. They might vote against us.

1:25:36 > 1:25:40- How long we got to wait? - They said half an hour.

1:25:42 > 1:25:44You know what we can do? Stick it on Monty's room.

1:25:44 > 1:25:46- Brilliant.- You're a genius.

1:25:46 > 1:25:48In that case, I'll have a double.

1:25:48 > 1:25:51- Babycham.- Double gin.- Eddie!

1:25:51 > 1:25:53- Excuse me. - What do you want, Rita?

1:25:53 > 1:25:56- Where's she gone? - Most probably needs some air.

1:25:56 > 1:25:57Can we have Babycham?

1:26:08 > 1:26:10I've come to say sorry.

1:26:12 > 1:26:15I mean, I thought about what you said and...

1:26:16 > 1:26:18..you were right, I suppose.

1:26:20 > 1:26:22You are right.

1:26:25 > 1:26:28And it's amazing what you've done, Rita O'Grady.

1:26:31 > 1:26:34And I want to back you. See, I was going to tell you that.

1:26:35 > 1:26:39Only then when I come in and you were speaking

1:26:39 > 1:26:44and I heard you up there, and you was...huge.

1:26:44 > 1:26:46You was...

1:26:46 > 1:26:48I don't know.

1:26:48 > 1:26:50Like a force.

1:26:54 > 1:26:56Then I thought, I thought...

1:26:58 > 1:27:02..I'm not sure me backing you makes that much difference, to be honest.

1:27:03 > 1:27:04Where you are now.

1:27:08 > 1:27:11Anyway, you go back to your meeting or whatever you've got to do.

1:27:11 > 1:27:15I'm going to... I should...

1:27:17 > 1:27:19Eddie?

1:27:22 > 1:27:26You've said some pretty stupid things in your time.

1:27:43 > 1:27:46Of course you backing me makes a difference.

1:27:49 > 1:27:52It makes all the difference in the world.

1:27:58 > 1:27:59Very good, gentlemen.

1:28:01 > 1:28:04The results of the vote are as follows.

1:28:05 > 1:28:08Delegates in favour of support for the women machinists:

1:28:08 > 1:28:0979.

1:28:11 > 1:28:12Delegates against:

1:28:12 > 1:28:1448.

1:28:14 > 1:28:16MEN APPLAUDING AND CHATTERING

1:28:16 > 1:28:19I declare the motion carried in favour of the Dagenham machinists.

1:28:20 > 1:28:23Their bloody unions are back in line.

1:28:23 > 1:28:26It's verbatim. Our man was there.

1:28:26 > 1:28:28Well, well, well.

1:28:28 > 1:28:32It really does seem time to call in Sir Jack.

1:28:32 > 1:28:34Good. I'll do that, then.

1:28:34 > 1:28:37I'll set up a court of inquiry which he can oversee

1:28:37 > 1:28:39and let's hope that does the trick.

1:28:41 > 1:28:44Oh, yes. One more thing. Set up a meeting, will you?

1:28:44 > 1:28:47- Minister?- With the machinists.

1:28:47 > 1:28:50- Their leaders.- Pardon me?

1:28:51 > 1:28:54I want to meet them. At the earliest opportunity.

1:28:54 > 1:28:55- But...- Yes?

1:28:55 > 1:28:59The minister doesn't do that. Never has done.

1:28:59 > 1:29:02- It'll just encourage them. - Give credence to their cause.

1:29:06 > 1:29:10I am what is known as a fiery redhead.

1:29:10 > 1:29:13Now, I hate to make this a matter of appearance

1:29:13 > 1:29:16and go all womanly on you, but there you have it.

1:29:16 > 1:29:18And me standing up like this is, in fact,

1:29:18 > 1:29:22just that redheaded fieriness leaping to the fore.

1:29:22 > 1:29:26Credence? I will give credence to their cause?

1:29:26 > 1:29:30My God, their cause already has credence!

1:29:30 > 1:29:34It is equal pay. Equal pay is common justice

1:29:34 > 1:29:38and if you two weren't such a pair of egotistical, chauvinistic,

1:29:38 > 1:29:41bigoted dunderheads, you would realise that.

1:29:41 > 1:29:44Oh, my office is run by incompetents.

1:29:44 > 1:29:47And I am sick of being patronised, spoken down to

1:29:47 > 1:29:51and generally treated as if I was the May Queen.

1:29:51 > 1:29:52Set up the meeting!

1:30:06 > 1:30:08- Morning, Ed.- All right, Albert?

1:30:08 > 1:30:09Yeah.

1:30:09 > 1:30:13Now, listen. Listen to me. Oh, ta.

1:30:13 > 1:30:16Now, there's no reason to panic, Rita.

1:30:16 > 1:30:17OK.

1:30:17 > 1:30:21Only, I've had a call from Barbara Castle's office.

1:30:21 > 1:30:23Oh, my God!

1:30:23 > 1:30:26- Eddie!- What's happened now?

1:30:29 > 1:30:31Barbara Castle wants to talk to me.

1:30:32 > 1:30:33Well done.

1:30:35 > 1:30:36Cheers.

1:30:36 > 1:30:40The secretary of state is seeing the women? On whose authority?

1:30:40 > 1:30:44On her own, apparently. I gather Mrs Castle is quite a forceful woman.

1:30:44 > 1:30:46- Is she?- What are you doing?

1:30:46 > 1:30:49I represent Ford Motor Company. We are the biggest car manufacturer in the world.

1:30:49 > 1:30:52We pump millions of pounds into the UK economy.

1:30:54 > 1:30:59I think it's time my bosses reminded one or two people of that fact.

1:31:01 > 1:31:05Have you or have you not invited the Ford women to your offices?

1:31:05 > 1:31:08- Prime Minister... - I've just spent the last half-hour

1:31:08 > 1:31:11on the phone to Henry Ford II, reassuring him that my government

1:31:11 > 1:31:14- is not on the side of the strikers. - It isn't a question of taking sides.

1:31:14 > 1:31:17- We have to grasp the nettle. - Now is not the time.

1:31:17 > 1:31:22Ten years ago, you were adamant.

1:31:22 > 1:31:24I wasn't running the country then.

1:31:27 > 1:31:30See the women if that's what you want to do.

1:31:30 > 1:31:34But whatever you do, do not upset Ford.

1:31:34 > 1:31:37I've got enough trouble with the Americans as it is.

1:31:43 > 1:31:47It's all right. It's your missus I'm after. Is she in?

1:31:47 > 1:31:50Rita? What are you doing here?

1:31:50 > 1:31:52Rita?!

1:31:52 > 1:31:53I need a favour.

1:31:53 > 1:31:54- Come in.- Thanks.

1:31:54 > 1:31:56- Lisa?- What?

1:31:57 > 1:31:58Come inside.

1:31:58 > 1:32:00Everything all right? Do you want a cup of tea?

1:32:00 > 1:32:02Yeah.

1:32:12 > 1:32:14REPORTERS CLAMOUR

1:32:17 > 1:32:19Excuse me, can we just get through?

1:32:24 > 1:32:27Rita! Wait for me.

1:32:27 > 1:32:29- Connie!- Sorry I'm late.

1:32:33 > 1:32:34You made it.

1:32:35 > 1:32:38- What if Mrs Castle says "no deal"? - How will you cope?

1:32:38 > 1:32:42Cope? How will we cope?

1:32:42 > 1:32:46We're women. Now, don't ask such stupid questions.

1:32:48 > 1:32:51Ladies, ladies. Come up. This way, please.

1:32:51 > 1:32:54- Come on, this is it. - All right. See you later.

1:32:54 > 1:32:56Stay back, please, gentlemen.

1:32:56 > 1:32:58Follow me.

1:33:00 > 1:33:02- Mr Tooley.- Madam Secretary.

1:33:02 > 1:33:06- I wasn't expecting you. - But you are meeting with the women.

1:33:07 > 1:33:10I think it is time I heard their argument, yes.

1:33:10 > 1:33:12But if you would care to wait,

1:33:12 > 1:33:15I will inform you of any decisions we make.

1:33:15 > 1:33:19I think we both want the same thing, Mrs Castle, you and I.

1:33:19 > 1:33:23I think we want to see Ford Motors employing British workers.

1:33:23 > 1:33:27Ford is a vital part of our economy. I am well aware of that.

1:33:27 > 1:33:30Then don't make us build our cars elsewhere.

1:33:30 > 1:33:32Help us hold the line here.

1:33:32 > 1:33:35Support our efforts to combat these constant strikes

1:33:35 > 1:33:39which undermine our ability to build cars at a profit,

1:33:39 > 1:33:41which is in fact why we are in business in the first place.

1:33:41 > 1:33:44Otherwise, we will take our factories elsewhere.

1:33:48 > 1:33:51Are you threatening me, Mr Tooley?

1:33:51 > 1:33:55I'm trying to stop 40,000 people from losing their jobs, Mrs Castle.

1:33:55 > 1:33:57That's how many workers Ford employs in this country.

1:33:57 > 1:34:01Not to mention tens of thousands of peripheral jobs sacrificed.

1:34:01 > 1:34:04Now, I don't think that either one of us

1:34:04 > 1:34:07wants to take that risk, surely.

1:34:12 > 1:34:16Look, look. Eileen and Monica. I wonder if they can see us.

1:34:20 > 1:34:23Get me the prime minister.

1:34:26 > 1:34:29Yes. Put me through to Number 10.

1:34:36 > 1:34:39Yes. Yes. Fine.

1:34:39 > 1:34:41Thank you.

1:34:43 > 1:34:48Um, I'm afraid he's on a plane. Won't land until this evening.

1:35:00 > 1:35:01Thanks for coming.

1:35:04 > 1:35:08- Connie, I'm so sorry. - No, don't.

1:35:08 > 1:35:10- It's me who needs to apologise. - Don't be silly. Course you don't.

1:35:13 > 1:35:15The minister will see you now.

1:35:17 > 1:35:18Here we go.

1:35:24 > 1:35:26You all right?

1:35:27 > 1:35:29Ready?

1:35:31 > 1:35:33- Good afternoon. - Good afternoon.

1:35:33 > 1:35:36Mrs O'Grady, I recognise you from the news.

1:35:36 > 1:35:38- Rita, please.- Rita.

1:35:38 > 1:35:42- Very pleased to meet you. - Well, and me, you. Er...

1:35:42 > 1:35:45- Sorry. This is Connie.- Connie.

1:35:45 > 1:35:46- How do you do?- Brenda.

1:35:46 > 1:35:48How do you do?

1:35:48 > 1:35:49Sandra.

1:35:51 > 1:35:57Well, I'm delighted you could all come. Please, take a seat.

1:36:02 > 1:36:04Would you care for a sherry?

1:36:04 > 1:36:05Be lovely, thank you.

1:36:10 > 1:36:11Thank you.

1:36:11 > 1:36:13You ain't got any whiskey, have you?

1:36:13 > 1:36:16- SHE LAUGHS - Here's a woman after my own heart.

1:36:16 > 1:36:18Make that two.

1:36:21 > 1:36:23Thank you.

1:36:23 > 1:36:25Well, cheers.

1:36:25 > 1:36:27- Cheers.- Cheers.

1:36:31 > 1:36:35Now, I've been following your dispute very closely

1:36:35 > 1:36:39and I want to say how proud I am of the battle that you fought.

1:36:39 > 1:36:44I fully support the struggle for equal pay and you will have it.

1:36:44 > 1:36:47- But in time.- What?

1:36:47 > 1:36:51Industry'll object, the lords will kick up a fuss,

1:36:51 > 1:36:55the press will have a field day. It's not going to be easy.

1:36:55 > 1:36:57Well, what is, what's worth fighting for?

1:37:01 > 1:37:04Return to work. Go back to your machines

1:37:04 > 1:37:08and you have my word I will push forward with your fight.

1:37:08 > 1:37:10- No.- Mrs O'Grady...

1:37:10 > 1:37:12No, we need something solid. Something now.

1:37:15 > 1:37:20You've got the authority. You know, we thought seeing you, we'd...

1:37:21 > 1:37:25In politics, you sometimes have to play the long game...

1:37:25 > 1:37:27We ain't politicians, we're working women.

1:37:27 > 1:37:29And so are you.

1:37:34 > 1:37:35Very well.

1:37:37 > 1:37:41What would it take to get you back?

1:37:41 > 1:37:43Excuse me?

1:37:43 > 1:37:46The "something solid."

1:37:46 > 1:37:50And mark well, I say something, not everything.

1:37:51 > 1:37:53Well, we'd need...

1:37:58 > 1:38:01We'd need a guarantee that we're going to get equal pay.

1:38:01 > 1:38:03And in the meantime,

1:38:05 > 1:38:10we need to move much closer to the male rate. Now. At Ford.

1:38:13 > 1:38:1475%?

1:38:16 > 1:38:1890.

1:38:24 > 1:38:2690.

1:38:26 > 1:38:28At least.

1:38:29 > 1:38:34You're putting me in a very difficult position.

1:38:57 > 1:39:00I wasn't too aggressive, was I?

1:39:00 > 1:39:02No.

1:39:06 > 1:39:09Mr Tooley, that risk you were talking about?

1:39:09 > 1:39:11I'm going to have to take it.

1:39:17 > 1:39:21RADIO: 'And from Whitehall we're getting news that talks between Mrs Castle

1:39:21 > 1:39:25'and the striking Ford machinists are nearing a conclusion.

1:39:25 > 1:39:28'And a statement is expected in the next few minutes.

1:39:28 > 1:39:30'Intense interest here...'

1:39:32 > 1:39:34- Just a moment please, minister. - Yes, of course.

1:39:40 > 1:39:43That's Biba, isn't it? I saw that in a magazine.

1:39:43 > 1:39:47Yeah. I have to give it back at the end of the day.

1:39:47 > 1:39:50LAUGHS

1:39:50 > 1:39:53- Is that C&A?- Yes.

1:39:53 > 1:39:57- Why pay more? That's what I say. - Well, exactly.

1:39:57 > 1:39:59- I've got the same one at home. - Have you really?

1:39:59 > 1:40:02They're ready for you now, Minister.

1:40:03 > 1:40:05Girls?

1:40:05 > 1:40:07- REPORTERS:- Rita? Rita?

1:40:07 > 1:40:09- Ladies.- No, after you.

1:40:09 > 1:40:12Oh, no, no. After you.

1:40:12 > 1:40:14Oh, gosh.

1:40:14 > 1:40:17Come on, then. Thank you.

1:40:17 > 1:40:20REPORTERS ALL SHOUT QUESTIONS

1:40:32 > 1:40:33Now, then, ladies, can I help?

1:40:36 > 1:40:38Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you very much.

1:40:38 > 1:40:44I am delighted to announce that following our talks this afternoon,

1:40:44 > 1:40:48the 187 Ford machinists

1:40:48 > 1:40:51will be going back to work on 1st July.

1:40:51 > 1:40:55They will receive an immediate pay rise of 7 pence an hour.

1:40:55 > 1:41:00Which will put them at 92% of the male rate.

1:41:00 > 1:41:03However... However, this is not all.

1:41:03 > 1:41:09As a result of our discussion, I can confirm that the government

1:41:09 > 1:41:13is in full support of the creation of an Equal Pay Act.

1:41:13 > 1:41:18And by the autumn of this year, I guarantee appropriate legislation

1:41:18 > 1:41:24to ensure that that act becomes law. Thank you.

1:41:24 > 1:41:26Yeah!

1:41:26 > 1:41:28CHEERING

1:41:28 > 1:41:31Support from the back there!

1:42:02 > 1:42:05MUSIC: "You Can Get It If You Really Want" by Desmond Dekker

1:42:37 > 1:42:43To celebrate, they let us have the canteen, and we had a party.

1:42:43 > 1:42:47- I don't remember much of that. - No, I remember you didn't, no.

1:42:47 > 1:42:51And I thought to myself, there is some of the old spirit

1:42:51 > 1:42:56that gave us the success of the suffragettes.

1:42:56 > 1:42:58- We are on strike.- All of you?

1:42:58 > 1:43:01All of us. All us machinists, anyway.

1:43:01 > 1:43:04- So no car seat covers for Ford? - No, not from us, anyway.

1:43:04 > 1:43:06- You're still staying out?- Yeah.

1:43:06 > 1:43:08- You're not going back at all?- No.

1:43:08 > 1:43:11Nobody expected us to come out on strike. Nobody.

1:43:13 > 1:43:16What we're fighting for, we'll stay there until we get it.

1:43:16 > 1:43:19Women don't make a habit of coming out on strike for nothing.

1:43:23 > 1:43:25Well, we didn't think we were that strong.

1:43:25 > 1:43:29We didn't think we would bring Ford's to a standstill.

1:43:31 > 1:43:34It was all down to us. Us ladies.

1:43:34 > 1:43:37And we are ladies, whatever anybody else may say.

1:43:37 > 1:43:39We are ladies.

1:43:50 > 1:43:54MUSIC: "Made In Dagenham" by Sandie Shaw

1:44:02 > 1:44:06# Here we are

1:44:06 > 1:44:12# I never thought that we could get this far

1:44:12 > 1:44:18# And I know

1:44:18 > 1:44:24# That now we're here, I'm never letting go

1:44:24 > 1:44:30# Don't let them tell you that it won't ever fly

1:44:30 > 1:44:35# Don't let them tell you that it's not worth a try

1:44:35 > 1:44:40# Don't listen to them whatever you do

1:44:40 > 1:44:46# They believe that dreams don't come true

1:44:46 > 1:44:50# Hold on

1:44:50 > 1:44:56# Together we can find a better way

1:44:56 > 1:45:01# You and me

1:45:01 > 1:45:07# Side by side no matter what they say

1:45:07 > 1:45:13# Don't let them tell you that it's not worth a fight

1:45:13 > 1:45:18# Don't let them tell you that it won't turn out right... #