Released on DVD this week
Made in Dagenham takes place in 1968 England. Sally Fowler is Rita O'Grady, a Ford factory worker who makes less than her male counterparts. The women workers are finally fed up with less pay walk out and go on strike. Within a short period of time, the entire Dagenham factory shuts down since the women are no longer making the seat covers. During this strike, emotions and tensions run high. Marriages are being effected, there is strife between the laid off male machinists and the female workers. The government is being pressured by the Ford Corporation to to end the strike. This is very interesting because the British have a Labor Party. This is a terrific real life accounting of ordinary women taking extraordinary action to change the unequal pay standard. Women around the industrailized world now have careers and jobs with equal pay. From the bottom of my heart - Great Big Thank You, Ladies!
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