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[CHATTERING]
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[KEYS RATTLING]
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[DESMOND DEKKER
AND THE ACES'
"ISRAELITES" PLAYS]
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MAN 1:
Dagenham,
on London's River Thames,
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is one of the great anvils
of the motor industry.
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MAN 2:
At this and other plants,
Ford of Britain
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shape and fashion 3000 cars
every day.
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MAN 3:
The biggest single
motor manufacturer in all Europe
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and fourth biggest in the world.
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MAN 4:
Ford of Britain can produce
3100 vehicles a day
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and 1.5 million
of the Ford Cortinas...
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MAN 5:
Under the stylish bonnet,
a smooth, silent V4 engine.
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Luxurious seats.
Handsome all around.
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Slip away in style.
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MAN 6:
Located in five European countries,
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Ford facilities now occupy
more than seven square miles,
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with a total covered floor space
of almost 42 million square feet.
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[CHATTERING]
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Eileen, you got more support there
than the Arsenal.
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At least I ain't got bee stings for tits.
Oh, all right. Cheeky.
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MAN [ON RADIO]:
Desmond Dekker stirring up a storm
with "Israelites"
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on the hottest day of the year
so far.
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So girls, don't forget your bikinis
and try and stay cool.
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[BUZZER BLARES]
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[MACHINES WHIRRING]
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Here we go.
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Connie? When you get a moment,
can you just have a walkthrough?
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Just give me five minutes
to settle in.
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Morning. Morning, morning.
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Everything all right?
Yeah, I overslept.
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How's George?
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Don't ask.
I've been up half the night.
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You're all right, you've got time.
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Man!
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[BUZZER BLARES]
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[CHATTERING AND CHEERING]
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Ladies, if I could
interrupt you a second...
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Come on. Cover up.
ALBERT: Please, ladies behave.
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Cover yourselves.
Cover yourselves up.
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WOMAN: Oh, here he is.
What if your husbands saw you?
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What would they say, eh?
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Come on, girls,
this is important!
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Thank you, Connie. Thank you.
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Shut up! Now, shut up.
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Do you wanna hear
what I gotta say or not?
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Yeah.
Right.
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Now, listen.
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To quote
Winston Churchill himself,
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this ain't the end. It ain't even
the beginning of the end.
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Oh, for fuck's sake, get on with it.
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[WOMEN LAUGHING
AND CHATTERING]
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WOMAN: Get on!
Look, ladies, please.
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I'm doing me best.
Oh, come on.
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Now, the deadline
we set the management
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to respond to our complaint
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about how they've
regraded you unskilled...
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[CHATTERING]
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Shh!
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- Has now passed. Shut up!
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Which means you've gotta vote
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on the threat we made
in the original communiqu�.
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An immediate ban
on all overtime. Right?
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And a one-day stoppage
to take place on the 29th of May.
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All right? You got that? Right, now,
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those for industrial action,
hands up.
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Yes.
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Against?
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[ALBERT LAUGHING]
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[WOMEN CHEERING]
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Full house!
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I'm seeing the management
tomorrow morning,
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and I shall inform them
of your decision.
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WOMAN:
Isn't he gorgeous?
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We did it.
First time for everything.
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Fuck them. Every other
bugger goes on strike,
why shouldn't we?
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Just don't put it like that
if you get interviewed by David Frost.
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David Frost.
I know what you think about him.
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It's a bit scary, isn't it?
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I feel quite proud of us.
You should.
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I fought Rommel in the war,
you know?
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I wasn't once scared
like I am when I walk
in there, I tell you.
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[SAM THE SHAM AND
THE PHARAOH'S "WOLLY BULLY"
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
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[SAM THE SHAM AND
THE PHARAOH'S "WOLLY BULLY"
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
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EDDIE: Happy birthday, Sandra.
SANDRA: Thanks, Eddie.
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Isn't it lovely what they did?
Come on, get up.
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Are you coming, George?
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No.
Go on then.
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Come on, you come.
Connie.
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MAN:
Spoilsport.
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Happy birthday, darling.
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Thanks.
WOMAN: Happy birthday.
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Have a wonderful time.
Thanks, Albert.
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[MUSIC DIES]
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[PEOPLE GROANING]
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Oh, leave it out, Dave!
It's all right, it's the fuse box.
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Calm down.
Of course it's the bleeding fuse box.
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ALBERT: Right.
Oh, no, here he goes.
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ALBERT:
Altogether now.
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[PLAYING PIANO]
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It's bloody Liberace.
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[SINGING "MY OLD MAN"]
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["WOLLY BULLY" PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]
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Oh, God.
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Where do you reckon
Brenda's got to?
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Where do you think?
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You're joking.
No.
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[MOANING]
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Your trim. That'll be hanging
right off in a week or two.
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And I bet I know the girl
what sewed it, and all.
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Come on, then.
Chop-chop,
or we'll miss the buffet.
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[LAUGHING]
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[MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]
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Want another one, anyone?
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I'll have one.
Yeah.
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George?
No.
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I'll be up all night.
Come on, mate.
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Connie, yeah?
Yeah, yeah. Please.
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Come on.
Just a little one.
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G & T, half a mild. Dave? Salt.
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Whole lemons.
Who's next on the dance floor?
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You sure you don't
wanna sit down, Sandra?
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Are you joking? I want a snowball.
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George, you ain't even
tripped the old, uh... Come on.
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No, no, no. It's all right.
Please.
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Do you mind, George,
if I have this one?
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Like to keep me hand in.
Jitterbug, twist, all them.
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You be careful.
We need you
on top form tomorrow.
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What you talking about?
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MAN 1:
Fantastic.
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No, no, no. Not being funny.
MAN 2: All right. All right.
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RITA: Good night.
EDDIE: Thanks.
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Sandra. Sandra.
Sleep well.
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Sandra.
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Happy birthday.
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Good night.
EDDIE: Be good.
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SANDRA:
Hang on. I don't live here.
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Wait.
What?
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Now, what was that for?
Nothing. I just like you, that's all.
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Yeah? Come here.
Hey.
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[LAUGHING]
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What are you doing?
Not out here.
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You're better than that, are you?
Actually, yeah, I am.
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[GRUNTS]
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[LAUGHING]
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[BBC RADIO 1 JINGLE
PLAYS ON RADIO]
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[BRIAN AUGER'S "TIGER"
PLAYS ON RADIO]
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[CLATTERING]
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[SPANKY AND OUR GANG'S
"SUNDAY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME"
PLAYS ON RADIO]
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Graham?
Graham. Breakfast.
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There you go.
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I don't feel very well.
Don't you?
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You're not hot.
It's my stomach.
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Okay, what's wrong
with your hand?
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Nothing.
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Well, give us a look, then.
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No.
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I never done nothing. Honest.
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Mr. Clarke again?
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It'll be fine, okay?
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Now, eat some breakfast
and get dressed. I'll deal with it.
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Sharon? Chop-chop.
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Eddie. Come on, lover boy.
No, no, just clear off, I'm dying.
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We're all dying.
We've all gotta go to work.
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[GRUNTS]
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Eddie?
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[BOTH YELLING]
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Oh, you cheeky cow. Come here.
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God.
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Balls.
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Balls, balls, balls. Bollocks.
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Yes?
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Mr. Clarke?
Can I have a word?
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Of course. How can I help?
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You hit my son.
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On his hand. Caned him.
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And it ain't the first time.
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Yes. O'Grady. I remember.
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Forgot his protractor.
And it isn't the first ti...
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Don't care whether it's
the hundredth time.
I don't want you doing it.
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You live on the estate,
don't you?
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I don't see what that's got...
We find boys
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who come to us from the estate
often have difficulty
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in adjusting to the standards of
behavior required in a school like this.
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It isn't really their fault.
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Their parents have never undergone
the full rigor of academic life.
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The boys can hardly look to them
for guidance, can they?
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But they do adapt in time.
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And I'm sure your son will too,
if he's just given the chance.
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But thank you for your concern,
Mrs. O'Grady.
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Are you all right?
Fuck off.
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[THUNDER CRASHING]
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[THUNDER CRASHING]
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Hold on, is this Sandra's?
Yeah, I know.
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Connie? Con?
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Sandra's at it again, look.
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You've gotta say something.
She hasn't.
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You've gotta talk to her.
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Don't wave at us, silly cow.
We're moaning about you.
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I'll do it.
No, you can't keep covering for her.
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I'll talk to her.
Will you?
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[RAIN PATTERING]
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Here it comes. Oh, no.
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WOMAN 1:
Look at that. We might as well
not have a roof.
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WOMAN 2:
How many times have we asked
to fix this?
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It's not difficult, is it?
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Connie, listen.
Albert.
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I'm sorry, I didn't realize. Oh, my God.
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I didn't realize. I'm sorry. Oh, God.
CONNIE: You were saying?
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There's a meeting tomorrow.
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At Ford's headquarters
down in Warley.
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You're joking.
I'm not.
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Machinists threatening strike action,
they couldn't believe it.
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WOMAN: Oh, yes.
ALBERT: Yeah.
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We'll have to make a good strategy.
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They'll have Hopkins and Jones
and Grant, miserable sod.
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Now, who have we got
on our side? We've got, um,
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Monty Taylor
from the head office,
he's coming.
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There's me, two. You, Con, three.
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Well, that leaves us one short.
Why?
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Little principle I picked up
in the war, Eileen.
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Turn up with more on your side
than they've got on their side
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and turn up
when they're least expecting it.
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So who's gonna
make the fourth man?
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Oh, not me.
I'm not going.
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Any takers? No?
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You want it?
Fuck off.
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Come on. It's a day off.
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Oh, actually.
ALBERT: Yeah, you all wanna go now.
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Yeah. I ain't having that.
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What?
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WOMEN: Yeah.
Go on, Rita. Day off.
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Go on, Rita.
You'd be great, Rita.
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Go on, then.
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Yeah, right.
What do you have to do?
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All right, Gordon?
Hello, Sandra.
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Think you're going?
It's the new Escort. Finally designed
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something people like.
They can get fucked.
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That's right.
We ain't working no overtime.
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00:15:44,991 --> 00:15:47,858
Me and the boys were saying
we'd have gone on strike
244
00:15:48,027 --> 00:15:50,723
just having to turn up
in a pig hole like this.
245
00:15:50,896 --> 00:15:54,662
You know it's raining here, don't you?
Yeah, yeah. Whatever.
246
00:15:54,834 --> 00:15:57,632
See you tomorrow, Connie.
WOMAN: I think he likes you.
247
00:15:57,803 --> 00:16:01,068
MAN [ON TV]:
It's going, it's going. The police
are being pushed backwards.
248
00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,607
There's screaming now.
Absolute hysteria.
249
00:16:04,777 --> 00:16:07,644
Now you can see the banners
are being used as clubs...
250
00:16:07,813 --> 00:16:09,440
WOMAN:
No, they don't want so much.
251
00:16:09,615 --> 00:16:11,412
No, look what you're doing...
252
00:16:11,584 --> 00:16:13,313
Sharon?
Don't open my share.
253
00:16:13,486 --> 00:16:16,580
Turn the telly off now,
there's a good girl. Now, please.
254
00:16:16,756 --> 00:16:19,020
Wake your dad up.
255
00:16:21,961 --> 00:16:23,758
Wake up, Dad.
256
00:16:23,929 --> 00:16:25,191
[MUSIC PLAYING ON TV]
257
00:16:25,364 --> 00:16:27,764
Right. Pull your finger out.
Help your mum.
258
00:16:29,135 --> 00:16:31,626
Square eyes,
what have I told you?
259
00:16:33,506 --> 00:16:36,600
Dad, Martine Clarke's got color.
I've seen it.
260
00:16:36,776 --> 00:16:39,040
Martine Clarke's
got color, has she?
261
00:16:39,211 --> 00:16:42,305
We'll go around her house
and watch it after tea, won't we?
262
00:16:42,481 --> 00:16:44,449
Her mum'll be
pleased.
263
00:16:44,617 --> 00:16:47,711
Look, we'll have color soon.
Once you can rent them.
264
00:16:47,887 --> 00:16:49,650
Eddie, don't go promising color.
265
00:16:50,456 --> 00:16:52,651
We haven't even paid
for the fridge yet.
266
00:16:52,825 --> 00:16:55,453
And the three piece
is still on tick.
267
00:16:55,728 --> 00:16:58,720
Now we've got all this unrest at work.
What unrest?
268
00:17:01,233 --> 00:17:04,361
Oh, that? You had a vote, Rita.
269
00:17:04,537 --> 00:17:08,997
Unrest is when you actually
come out and strike. Blimey.
270
00:17:09,408 --> 00:17:11,706
No, don't look like that.
I'm only joking.
271
00:17:11,877 --> 00:17:13,003
All right.
272
00:17:13,179 --> 00:17:15,704
I'm proud of you.
We all are, aren't we?
273
00:17:15,881 --> 00:17:19,078
Sticking to your guns.
We had a book going
on the shop floor.
274
00:17:19,251 --> 00:17:21,845
No one thought you'd
even take the vote so,
275
00:17:22,021 --> 00:17:24,216
yeah, good on you. Well done.
276
00:17:26,892 --> 00:17:28,325
Ain't just a vote now.
277
00:17:30,529 --> 00:17:34,829
Got a meeting tomorrow,
all the bosses.
278
00:17:36,068 --> 00:17:37,968
And I'm going.
279
00:17:39,939 --> 00:17:41,270
Oh?
280
00:17:41,807 --> 00:17:44,776
It's all right,
I'll plate your tea up
in the morning
281
00:17:44,944 --> 00:17:48,038
and then if I'm back late,
you can just heat it through.
282
00:17:49,382 --> 00:17:53,876
Apparently, you go to a Berni Inn
on the way there.
283
00:17:58,891 --> 00:18:02,190
That's snazzy.
Isn't it?
284
00:18:05,197 --> 00:18:07,188
RITA:
It'll be all right, won't it?
285
00:18:07,366 --> 00:18:09,493
Yeah, of course.
286
00:18:09,802 --> 00:18:13,363
We don't have to do anything.
The men will do all the talking.
287
00:18:14,073 --> 00:18:17,668
RITA:
No, I mean, it's not too posh
in there, is it?
288
00:18:17,843 --> 00:18:21,745
I'm wearing the right stuff?
No, you'll be fine.
289
00:18:21,914 --> 00:18:24,178
I'm so glad you're here.
290
00:18:24,917 --> 00:18:27,852
After you, ladies.
Gentlemen.
291
00:18:28,020 --> 00:18:29,044
Thank you.
292
00:18:29,221 --> 00:18:32,452
WOMAN: Here you are, sir.
MAN: Lovely.
293
00:18:36,395 --> 00:18:38,158
ALBERT:
Do you ever worry about your waist?
294
00:18:38,330 --> 00:18:39,558
MONTY:
You're joking.
295
00:18:39,732 --> 00:18:44,226
[WHISPERING]
That steak.
B�arnaise sauce.
296
00:18:44,637 --> 00:18:46,969
It's Monty. He always
insists on coming here.
297
00:18:47,139 --> 00:18:48,436
As long as
the union's paying.
298
00:18:48,607 --> 00:18:50,768
[LAUGHING]
299
00:18:50,943 --> 00:18:52,740
[CLEARS THROAT]
300
00:18:52,912 --> 00:18:54,709
Rita.
Yeah.
301
00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:56,404
Word of advice.
302
00:18:56,916 --> 00:19:00,579
When we get there,
don't let them lure you in.
303
00:19:00,953 --> 00:19:03,183
If they seem to be
asking you a question,
304
00:19:03,355 --> 00:19:05,687
keep your head down.
I'll handle it.
305
00:19:05,858 --> 00:19:10,352
Above all, if I nod, you nod.
Got that?
306
00:19:12,431 --> 00:19:13,796
Right.
307
00:19:14,099 --> 00:19:16,363
That nice, was it?
It's lovely, thank you.
308
00:19:16,535 --> 00:19:18,264
I couldn't eat another thing.
309
00:19:19,138 --> 00:19:22,938
Oh. Mr. Dawson. I'm sorry,
we weren't expecting you until...
310
00:19:23,108 --> 00:19:25,201
It's quite all right. It's no problem.
311
00:19:25,377 --> 00:19:30,713
Oh, and there's four of us.
You might need an extra chair.
312
00:19:31,884 --> 00:19:32,942
Right.
313
00:19:37,423 --> 00:19:39,254
WOMAN:
Two teas.
314
00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:42,427
On a previous
occasion,
315
00:19:42,595 --> 00:19:46,326
in a free vote, the girls agreed
to the new grading structure.
316
00:19:46,499 --> 00:19:50,401
They did not agree, however,
as to where they would end up on it.
317
00:19:50,569 --> 00:19:52,901
Which is why we're sitting
round this table.
318
00:19:56,275 --> 00:20:00,541
Look, I understand what the girls
are saying. I just don't...
319
00:20:00,713 --> 00:20:03,580
I'd rather you didn't
speak for the girls,
Mr. Hopkins.
320
00:20:04,083 --> 00:20:06,711
None of us here knows
what's in their heads.
321
00:20:06,886 --> 00:20:10,378
HOPKINS:
The fact remains there's a formal
grievance procedure in place
322
00:20:10,556 --> 00:20:12,820
and the machinists' case
will be heard.
323
00:20:12,992 --> 00:20:15,256
What we can't do
is let them jump the queue.
324
00:20:15,528 --> 00:20:17,758
Peter, look,
325
00:20:17,930 --> 00:20:21,991
you know me.
I ain't got no ax
to grind with Ford.
326
00:20:22,167 --> 00:20:24,863
Am I right or am I right?
HOPKINS: You've always been fair.
327
00:20:25,037 --> 00:20:28,973
Exactly. Ah,
we're all men of the world.
328
00:20:29,608 --> 00:20:34,011
Let's cut to the chase,
shall we? We'll reconvene
in two weeks' time.
329
00:20:34,179 --> 00:20:37,148
ALBERT: Monty.
Listen.
330
00:20:37,316 --> 00:20:41,184
We'll reconvene, we'll come back
down here again for the day
331
00:20:41,353 --> 00:20:44,686
and then at that point
you can guarantee
332
00:20:44,957 --> 00:20:46,948
to look into the girls' complaint.
333
00:20:47,126 --> 00:20:49,890
The thing is, Monty...
That way
334
00:20:50,396 --> 00:20:53,957
you can go back to
your bosses and say
that the strike's off
335
00:20:54,133 --> 00:20:57,068
because of how
you've handled
today's negotiations.
336
00:20:57,236 --> 00:21:02,071
We can go back to
the girls and say they're now
your number-one priority
337
00:21:02,241 --> 00:21:04,141
in a few weeks' time.
338
00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:09,172
That seems very fair.
339
00:21:09,348 --> 00:21:11,509
I'm not so sure
the girls'll be too happy.
340
00:21:11,684 --> 00:21:13,584
The girls
will be fine.
341
00:21:13,752 --> 00:21:17,347
As long as they know
they're not being fobbed off
by the management.
342
00:21:17,523 --> 00:21:21,220
The union's setting the terms.
That's what's important.
343
00:21:21,393 --> 00:21:22,826
Bollocks.
What?
344
00:21:26,065 --> 00:21:28,090
I'm sorry, Albert, but it is.
345
00:21:30,369 --> 00:21:32,860
Three hours we've been sat here.
346
00:21:33,038 --> 00:21:35,063
"That's what matters to the girls"?
347
00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,107
How you qualify
to talk about that,
I do not know.
348
00:21:40,145 --> 00:21:42,511
Here. Have a look at this.
349
00:21:45,784 --> 00:21:47,274
There.
350
00:21:50,089 --> 00:21:51,989
You put them together.
Go on.
351
00:21:52,524 --> 00:21:56,460
It's Ford property, I believe.
Oh, stop it.
352
00:21:56,629 --> 00:22:01,362
We have to take these
different pieces and work out
how they go together.
353
00:22:01,533 --> 00:22:03,694
Because there ain't no template,
is there?
354
00:22:03,869 --> 00:22:08,499
We have to take them and sew them
all freehand into the finished article.
355
00:22:08,674 --> 00:22:11,734
The same with the door trim
and God knows what else.
356
00:22:11,910 --> 00:22:15,846
That is not unskilled work,
which is how you've regraded us.
357
00:22:17,950 --> 00:22:20,714
Christ, you need
to take an exam
to get on our line.
358
00:22:20,886 --> 00:22:23,719
Please, miss, l...
No, it's Mrs. O'Grady.
359
00:22:23,889 --> 00:22:27,052
Mrs. O'Grady,
I understand your grievance...
360
00:22:27,226 --> 00:22:31,890
Well, I really don't think you do.
It's not difficult, though.
361
00:22:32,064 --> 00:22:35,864
We're entitled to semi-skilled
and the wages what go with it.
362
00:22:36,035 --> 00:22:38,401
Bring this to the meeting...
Hang on.
363
00:22:38,971 --> 00:22:42,702
And as regards to this
queue-jumping business, well,
364
00:22:42,875 --> 00:22:46,276
we put this complaint in
months ago, didn't we?
365
00:22:46,445 --> 00:22:48,970
It's just
you've done nothing about it.
366
00:22:49,615 --> 00:22:50,980
And we all know why.
367
00:22:51,150 --> 00:22:54,551
That's because women
have never been
on strike before, isn't it?
368
00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,816
You just thought you could
forget it and we'd all go away.
Well, I'm sorry,
369
00:22:58,991 --> 00:23:02,552
but it isn't gonna be
that easy because we're
not going anywhere.
370
00:23:02,895 --> 00:23:05,625
We're gonna do
what we said we would.
371
00:23:05,798 --> 00:23:10,701
No more overtime and
an immediate 24-hour stoppage.
372
00:23:14,006 --> 00:23:17,533
[###]
373
00:23:18,243 --> 00:23:21,041
And where it goes from there,
well, it's up to you.
374
00:23:23,615 --> 00:23:27,278
If you'll excuse me,
I've really got to be going.
Thank you very much.
375
00:23:30,322 --> 00:23:32,187
Thank you.
376
00:23:33,726 --> 00:23:36,718
Good afternoon, gentlemen.
Thank you.
377
00:23:50,109 --> 00:23:53,875
You think I like looking stupid?
I didn't know what she was gonna do.
378
00:23:54,046 --> 00:23:57,106
MONTY:
You didn't know they were
in her handbag, pull them out?
379
00:23:57,583 --> 00:24:00,711
Look at his face.
Oh, don't worry, you were great.
380
00:24:00,886 --> 00:24:03,548
MONTY:
Thank you very much, Albert.
Thank you very much.
381
00:24:11,864 --> 00:24:14,355
I knew, I knew.
It's up here, you see.
382
00:24:14,533 --> 00:24:16,967
I wanted clever, Rita,
that's why I picked you.
383
00:24:17,136 --> 00:24:20,037
Oh, stop it.
When you pulled out these cuttings,
384
00:24:20,205 --> 00:24:22,503
oh, that was amazing.
385
00:24:22,674 --> 00:24:26,337
It was. I never expected that,
that you'd come prepared.
386
00:24:27,312 --> 00:24:29,439
Oh, no, he was right.
I was nicking them.
387
00:24:31,950 --> 00:24:35,408
Yeah, Eddie uses them to patch
the tent up for when we go camping.
388
00:24:35,587 --> 00:24:37,214
[LAUGHING]
389
00:24:37,389 --> 00:24:42,156
All the same. Listen, don't worry about
Monty, I'll handle him. Don't worry.
390
00:24:42,327 --> 00:24:44,022
Can I have them back?
Oh, yeah.
391
00:24:44,329 --> 00:24:45,353
Cheers.
392
00:24:45,531 --> 00:24:48,898
[MACHINES WHIRRING]
393
00:24:51,036 --> 00:24:53,231
What are you gonna say to them?
394
00:24:53,705 --> 00:24:55,468
You tell them.
You what?
395
00:24:55,641 --> 00:24:56,801
This is your fault.
396
00:24:58,744 --> 00:25:01,406
All right. Hold that.
397
00:25:12,057 --> 00:25:13,854
Right.
398
00:25:19,131 --> 00:25:20,189
Everybody out.
399
00:25:20,365 --> 00:25:21,559
[###]
400
00:25:21,733 --> 00:25:23,564
WOMAN:
I can't believe it.
401
00:25:23,735 --> 00:25:26,533
[CHATTERING]
402
00:25:34,613 --> 00:25:36,638
It's all right.
403
00:25:44,022 --> 00:25:45,580
I could do
with a cup of tea.
404
00:25:45,757 --> 00:25:48,419
CONNIE:
I could do with something
a lot stronger than that.
405
00:25:57,002 --> 00:26:02,167
Now, I realize this is
my first day in the job
406
00:26:02,341 --> 00:26:05,401
and it may be
that I am missing something here,
407
00:26:05,577 --> 00:26:09,104
but when we were elected
two years ago,
408
00:26:09,281 --> 00:26:11,249
it was on a wave
of optimism
409
00:26:11,416 --> 00:26:15,216
that Labour would utilize
its close relationship
with the unions
410
00:26:15,387 --> 00:26:20,051
to develop manufacturing industry
so that it would better serve
411
00:26:20,225 --> 00:26:23,319
the employer
and the employee.
412
00:26:23,495 --> 00:26:25,690
Yes, I think that was
in the manifesto.
413
00:26:25,864 --> 00:26:27,593
It was. Trust me.
414
00:26:28,166 --> 00:26:32,398
So, what have you been doing
since 1966?
415
00:26:33,972 --> 00:26:36,566
L...
Two years this department has had
416
00:26:36,742 --> 00:26:39,370
in which
to make a difference.
417
00:26:41,313 --> 00:26:45,477
Shall we see what
has been achieved
in the last 12 months?
418
00:26:46,952 --> 00:26:50,149
Twenty-six thousand strikes
in the United Kingdom,
419
00:26:50,322 --> 00:26:55,350
with the resulting loss
of 5 million working days.
420
00:26:57,296 --> 00:27:00,424
Unions and management
barely talking to each other,
421
00:27:00,599 --> 00:27:04,000
productivity levels
through the floor,
422
00:27:04,169 --> 00:27:09,106
and our balance of payments,
the wrong side of catastrophic.
423
00:27:10,175 --> 00:27:13,576
It's hardly the stuff to set
the champagne corks popping, is it?
424
00:27:22,087 --> 00:27:24,817
Thank you.
See yourselves out.
425
00:27:27,859 --> 00:27:29,383
[###]
426
00:27:29,561 --> 00:27:31,791
Here you are, babes,
you forgot your flask.
427
00:27:31,964 --> 00:27:34,956
I love you Dave, cheers.
You too, darling. Good luck.
428
00:27:35,334 --> 00:27:36,824
You get stuck in, girls.
429
00:27:37,002 --> 00:27:38,469
Thank you.
Thank you.
430
00:27:38,637 --> 00:27:40,764
Monica, that's yours.
Cheers, love.
431
00:27:44,343 --> 00:27:45,571
Happy with that.
432
00:27:45,744 --> 00:27:46,768
WOMAN:
It's a holiday.
433
00:27:46,945 --> 00:27:48,708
EDDIE:
What's this? A mothers' meeting?
434
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,041
Hey, cheeky sod. Are you all right?
435
00:27:51,216 --> 00:27:53,480
How you getting on?
Give us half a chance.
436
00:27:53,652 --> 00:27:55,779
Good luck.
See you later.
437
00:27:55,954 --> 00:27:57,649
Come on, ladies, let's hear you.
438
00:27:57,823 --> 00:28:01,657
Bye. See you later.
Cheers, Eddie.
439
00:28:02,361 --> 00:28:04,056
What have you done to your eyes?
440
00:28:04,229 --> 00:28:06,789
It's amazing, isn't it?
My friend showed me how.
441
00:28:06,965 --> 00:28:09,661
Scouts everywhere.
That's how Twiggy
got discovered.
442
00:28:09,835 --> 00:28:12,303
Up west, you dozy sod,
not Dagenham.
443
00:28:12,471 --> 00:28:13,631
You never know.
444
00:28:13,805 --> 00:28:15,466
We'd better shut this gate.
445
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,370
I've spelt it right,
haven't I?
446
00:28:19,411 --> 00:28:21,641
Close the gate.
447
00:28:21,813 --> 00:28:23,610
[CHEERING]
448
00:28:23,782 --> 00:28:26,615
I know.
At least they know we're serious, eh?
449
00:28:26,785 --> 00:28:28,514
Not as helpless as they thought.
450
00:28:29,254 --> 00:28:30,846
Come on then, girls.
451
00:28:31,023 --> 00:28:33,150
No more seats today, Mr. Ford.
452
00:28:33,325 --> 00:28:37,261
Come on, girls, let's get together.
What if we form a line or something?
453
00:28:37,429 --> 00:28:38,726
Line up there.
Yeah.
454
00:28:38,897 --> 00:28:39,955
CONNIE:
Hold the banners up.
455
00:28:40,132 --> 00:28:42,123
We need some in the back.
WOMAN 1: Standing?
456
00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:44,632
WOMAN 2: Like that.
WOMAN 3: Come on, then.
457
00:28:46,038 --> 00:28:47,403
That's it.
458
00:28:47,572 --> 00:28:48,664
Here we go.
459
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,604
Like this?
Yeah.
460
00:29:10,028 --> 00:29:11,893
[###]
461
00:29:12,064 --> 00:29:13,998
They're running low
on finished seats.
462
00:29:14,166 --> 00:29:17,135
So get these down
to the Cortina line,
463
00:29:17,302 --> 00:29:19,099
then come back for the Escorts.
464
00:29:22,207 --> 00:29:25,005
They're calling.
Come on.
465
00:29:45,330 --> 00:29:47,161
Anyone fancy a cuppa?
Yeah.
466
00:29:47,566 --> 00:29:50,330
Tea's up, ladies.
Come on.
467
00:29:52,537 --> 00:29:53,902
Yeah, put that down a bit.
468
00:29:54,072 --> 00:29:56,006
That's gonna
hurt your arms.
469
00:30:03,048 --> 00:30:04,845
Get me Tooley.
470
00:30:10,288 --> 00:30:12,722
Stand by, girls, could be trouble.
471
00:30:14,426 --> 00:30:17,327
Hello, girls.
WOMAN: What's Brenda got?
472
00:30:17,496 --> 00:30:21,557
BRENDA:
Tea's up. Bananas, apples, pears,
the lot.
473
00:30:23,435 --> 00:30:25,596
Thanks for the ride, Arthur.
474
00:30:28,540 --> 00:30:30,531
He's lovely.
Brenda, you never.
475
00:30:30,709 --> 00:30:32,438
BRENDA: Why not? He's gorgeous.
WOMAN: I would.
476
00:30:32,611 --> 00:30:35,079
Just as I was leaving with the fruit,
he goes:
477
00:30:35,247 --> 00:30:38,910
"I believe all the workers of the world
should unite." So I thought:
478
00:30:39,084 --> 00:30:41,416
"I can help you
with that one straight away."
479
00:30:41,586 --> 00:30:42,780
So I did.
480
00:30:42,954 --> 00:30:44,421
[LAUGHING]
481
00:30:44,589 --> 00:30:47,251
[###]
482
00:30:52,197 --> 00:30:54,665
Hey, Peter. Bobby here.
What can I do for you?
483
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,566
We've got another dispute,
I'm afraid.
484
00:30:57,736 --> 00:31:00,466
Another one? Who is it this week?
485
00:31:03,275 --> 00:31:04,299
It's the women.
486
00:31:04,709 --> 00:31:06,836
[THUNDER CRASHING]
487
00:31:07,012 --> 00:31:09,276
[GROANING]
488
00:31:10,949 --> 00:31:12,007
CONNIE:
Quick. Quick, quick.
489
00:31:13,084 --> 00:31:14,676
Come along, girls.
490
00:31:14,853 --> 00:31:17,253
You're gonna get soaked, love.
491
00:31:21,793 --> 00:31:24,591
RITA:
Oh, no. They're gonna drip,
aren't they?
492
00:31:24,763 --> 00:31:26,993
It'll pass.
MONICA: What are we gonna do now?
493
00:31:27,165 --> 00:31:28,826
Pubs ain't even open.
Monica.
494
00:31:30,135 --> 00:31:31,932
Just wanna have some chips.
495
00:31:32,103 --> 00:31:34,367
I suppose we've done a full day,
haven't we?
496
00:31:34,539 --> 00:31:36,268
WOMAN 1: We have, haven't we?
WOMAN 2: Yeah.
497
00:31:36,441 --> 00:31:38,966
I have gotta get
down the dogs later.
498
00:31:39,144 --> 00:31:41,408
Yeah. I did promise my mum
I'd cook her tea.
499
00:31:41,580 --> 00:31:42,706
Did you?
Yeah.
500
00:31:44,282 --> 00:31:47,740
Oh, sod it. We've registered
the protest, haven't we?
501
00:31:47,919 --> 00:31:49,784
Yeah.
502
00:31:50,121 --> 00:31:52,783
Go on. School's out.
Yeah!
503
00:31:52,958 --> 00:31:55,119
Home time.
504
00:31:55,493 --> 00:31:57,290
MONICA:
Onwards and upwards, Rita.
505
00:31:57,462 --> 00:32:00,158
Well done, girls.
WOMAN 3: See you.
506
00:32:00,332 --> 00:32:04,393
Hey, and Rita, well done.
507
00:32:04,936 --> 00:32:07,962
It was your gob what got us
here, wasn't it?
508
00:32:08,139 --> 00:32:10,073
[LAUGHING]
509
00:32:11,042 --> 00:32:12,771
Sandra?
510
00:32:15,146 --> 00:32:17,444
[###]
511
00:32:39,037 --> 00:32:40,629
I've just been
round to your house.
512
00:32:40,805 --> 00:32:42,739
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
513
00:32:46,278 --> 00:32:48,803
I've just been round to your house.
Why?
514
00:32:48,980 --> 00:32:51,141
I thought you would've
gone home ages ago.
515
00:32:51,316 --> 00:32:52,476
No.
516
00:32:52,651 --> 00:32:56,280
I'm lucky if I can get the lads
to hold out for a full hour.
517
00:32:56,454 --> 00:33:00,151
Look, I wanted a little chat.
518
00:33:00,325 --> 00:33:01,986
You fancy a cup of tea?
519
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:05,288
I can't. I'm sorry, I've got stuff to...
I'm buying.
520
00:33:06,331 --> 00:33:10,597
Go on, then. Seeing as it's pelting
it down, a quick cuppa won't hurt.
521
00:33:10,769 --> 00:33:13,397
Over there by the window.
Over there.
522
00:33:13,571 --> 00:33:16,096
I'm dripping all over the floor.
523
00:33:20,745 --> 00:33:23,009
Come on, Albert, spit it out.
524
00:33:23,181 --> 00:33:24,512
Yeah.
525
00:33:25,583 --> 00:33:28,313
Sorry.
It's all right.
526
00:33:28,486 --> 00:33:33,185
This dispute's got nothing to do
with what skill level you are.
527
00:33:33,358 --> 00:33:37,351
Ford decided to
give you less money
because they can.
528
00:33:37,529 --> 00:33:41,397
They're allowed
to pay women
a lower wage than men.
529
00:33:41,566 --> 00:33:44,501
All over the country, Rita,
women are getting less
530
00:33:45,203 --> 00:33:47,433
because they're women.
531
00:33:47,872 --> 00:33:49,840
You'll always
come second.
532
00:33:50,575 --> 00:33:53,305
You'll always be fighting
over the scraps.
533
00:33:53,812 --> 00:33:57,213
Until you...
We get equal pay, yeah.
534
00:34:01,252 --> 00:34:02,879
Yeah.
535
00:34:04,656 --> 00:34:07,420
What I don't get is
why it's so important to you.
536
00:34:08,059 --> 00:34:12,393
I got brought up by my mum.
Me and me brothers.
537
00:34:12,564 --> 00:34:14,862
She worked all her life
538
00:34:15,033 --> 00:34:19,265
and she paid my Aunt Lil
to take care of us during the day.
539
00:34:19,571 --> 00:34:20,595
And it was hard.
540
00:34:21,940 --> 00:34:25,876
Especially as she was
getting less than half
541
00:34:26,044 --> 00:34:28,535
what the blokes
at the factory was getting
542
00:34:28,713 --> 00:34:30,840
for doing the same work.
543
00:34:32,450 --> 00:34:36,250
And there was never any question
that it could be any different.
544
00:34:36,421 --> 00:34:37,445
Not for her.
545
00:34:39,357 --> 00:34:40,551
Yeah.
546
00:34:41,559 --> 00:34:44,585
Someone has gotta stop
these exploiting bastards
547
00:34:44,763 --> 00:34:48,199
getting away with
what they've been doing for years.
548
00:34:48,767 --> 00:34:49,927
And you can.
549
00:34:50,769 --> 00:34:52,134
You can, Rita, believe me.
550
00:34:56,341 --> 00:35:00,744
What about Connie?
I mean, she's shop steward.
We voted for her.
551
00:35:00,912 --> 00:35:03,574
But this needs a leader.
552
00:35:03,748 --> 00:35:08,947
Someone to inspire the girls,
to make the points clear.
553
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:12,283
And that ain't Connie.
Not at the moment.
554
00:35:12,757 --> 00:35:15,658
Not with George
the way he is.
555
00:35:17,295 --> 00:35:21,789
I've already spoke to her.
She's more than happy
for you to have a go.
556
00:35:21,966 --> 00:35:23,763
More than.
557
00:35:30,408 --> 00:35:32,933
Look, don't say nothing now.
558
00:35:33,545 --> 00:35:36,912
Just sleep on it. Will you?
559
00:35:57,435 --> 00:35:59,995
Do you want to wait in here?
Ey?
560
00:36:00,171 --> 00:36:02,935
Do you want to wait in here?
No, you're all right.
561
00:36:03,107 --> 00:36:05,439
It's tipping it down. Please.
I'm dripping.
562
00:36:05,610 --> 00:36:08,704
I know. Get in.
563
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,111
I'll get it all over your car.
Come in, quick, quick, quick.
564
00:36:12,283 --> 00:36:13,944
Thank you.
565
00:36:14,519 --> 00:36:16,419
Oh, my God.
Gosh, you're soaked.
566
00:36:16,588 --> 00:36:18,021
I'm so sorry.
It's fine.
567
00:36:18,189 --> 00:36:20,919
I'll ruin your car.
We met before, actually.
568
00:36:21,092 --> 00:36:25,153
Do you remember, in the corridor?
Yeah.
569
00:36:27,565 --> 00:36:30,830
I've been hoping
to run into you
for a day or two, actually.
570
00:36:31,002 --> 00:36:33,698
Oh, yeah?
Um...
571
00:36:33,872 --> 00:36:37,865
I was wondering if you'd
sign a letter. I'm making
a formal complaint
572
00:36:38,042 --> 00:36:40,840
to the headmaster about
Clarke's use of the cane.
573
00:36:41,012 --> 00:36:42,206
What?
574
00:36:42,380 --> 00:36:44,940
He seems to think my son...
Sorry, I mean...
575
00:36:45,116 --> 00:36:47,243
You were there
for the same reason I was?
576
00:36:47,418 --> 00:36:50,046
Yes. He was indiscreet enough
to mention you.
577
00:36:50,221 --> 00:36:51,711
Of course.
578
00:36:51,890 --> 00:36:54,415
I think he was suggesting
we were hysterical
579
00:36:54,592 --> 00:36:56,617
and desperately needed
to calm down.
580
00:36:56,794 --> 00:37:00,127
I had it all straight in my head
what I was gonna tell him
581
00:37:00,298 --> 00:37:01,765
and what I was gonna say.
582
00:37:01,933 --> 00:37:04,424
It's just...
Oh, you can't talk to Mr. Clarke.
583
00:37:04,602 --> 00:37:07,230
I mean, nobody can. He...
You have to listen.
584
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,507
He's a bully.
Which is why he beats them.
585
00:37:12,477 --> 00:37:14,206
Yeah.
586
00:37:14,579 --> 00:37:17,013
Yeah. Go on, then.
Give us a pen.
587
00:37:19,450 --> 00:37:21,042
Thanks.
588
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:27,389
It's stopped.
Yeah. That's just my luck, isn't it?
589
00:37:30,128 --> 00:37:31,755
Thanks.
590
00:37:32,297 --> 00:37:33,889
Look, um,
591
00:37:36,501 --> 00:37:41,234
I know you're not
mentioning it because
you're being polite. It's just...
592
00:37:41,406 --> 00:37:45,308
You know, when we met in
the corridor, I was really upset,
593
00:37:45,476 --> 00:37:48,639
and I never usually use
that type of language.
594
00:37:48,813 --> 00:37:50,144
Don't you?
No.
595
00:37:50,315 --> 00:37:52,374
Because I called Mr. Clarke
a complete cock.
596
00:37:52,550 --> 00:37:56,884
Oh. Oh!
Did you? Fair enough.
597
00:37:57,155 --> 00:37:58,179
Well, he is.
598
00:37:58,356 --> 00:38:00,881
[BOTH LAUGHING]
599
00:38:02,393 --> 00:38:05,419
Here they come.
Left a bit of a puddle, now.
600
00:38:05,597 --> 00:38:08,623
It's all right,
David's getting
in the back.
601
00:38:17,542 --> 00:38:21,774
That dress, I've seen it before,
it's lovely. In Vogue.
602
00:38:21,946 --> 00:38:24,312
Oh, thanks. It's Biba.
603
00:38:24,849 --> 00:38:28,478
Is it? Well...
Well, it's still gorgeous.
604
00:38:28,653 --> 00:38:32,350
[THE LEMON PIPERS'
"GREEN TAMBOURINE" PLAYING]
605
00:38:38,296 --> 00:38:41,493
Have a good day, yeah?
You too. Be good.
606
00:38:41,666 --> 00:38:43,497
And you.
607
00:38:56,881 --> 00:39:00,282
Hell, Sandra. I think
you've had a bit of
shrinkage in the wash.
608
00:39:00,451 --> 00:39:02,419
Hot pants. Mary Quants.
609
00:39:02,587 --> 00:39:04,714
Give them back to her,
they look painful.
610
00:39:04,889 --> 00:39:08,017
I think they look lovely.
Thanks.
611
00:39:08,426 --> 00:39:12,692
It's like what Brenda said,
isn't it? This ain't Knightsbridge,
it's Dagenham.
612
00:39:12,864 --> 00:39:15,697
If you wanna get spotted,
you gotta stand out more.
613
00:39:15,867 --> 00:39:18,301
And that's exactly
what I'm gonna do.
614
00:39:18,670 --> 00:39:21,503
Yesterday were great, weren't it?
RITA: Being on strike?
615
00:39:21,673 --> 00:39:22,697
Yeah.
616
00:39:23,675 --> 00:39:27,475
It's a glimpse, isn't it?
Of how it could be.
617
00:39:29,113 --> 00:39:31,604
Well, that's what
it's about, isn't it?
618
00:39:35,353 --> 00:39:38,754
Pitch-bleeding-black. I couldn't
see me hand in front of me face.
619
00:39:38,923 --> 00:39:43,656
Finally when he turns the lights on, it
was actually stuck to me bottom lash.
620
00:39:50,301 --> 00:39:52,098
WOMAN 1:
She got fired.
621
00:39:52,270 --> 00:39:53,897
Blimey.
622
00:39:59,310 --> 00:40:02,575
I'm here, just. Oh, Christ.
Connie? Con?
623
00:40:02,980 --> 00:40:05,505
Rita, l...
No, I just wanna say something.
624
00:40:07,318 --> 00:40:09,309
Sorry, I just, um...
625
00:40:10,521 --> 00:40:14,685
If I was to get a bit more involved,
you know, with Albert,
626
00:40:14,859 --> 00:40:17,521
it's only because
I've got a gob on me.
627
00:40:18,129 --> 00:40:20,893
You're the heartbeat
of this place,
always have been.
628
00:40:21,065 --> 00:40:24,034
Rita, look at me,
all at sixes and sevens.
629
00:40:25,503 --> 00:40:29,098
You can do this and
you should.
630
00:40:31,609 --> 00:40:33,702
[BUZZER BLARES]
631
00:40:33,878 --> 00:40:35,709
Here we go.
632
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:37,973
[MACHINES WHIRRING]
633
00:40:38,149 --> 00:40:41,482
[CHATTERING]
634
00:40:54,499 --> 00:40:55,761
Man!
635
00:40:57,235 --> 00:41:00,500
[WOMEN WHISTLING]
636
00:41:06,477 --> 00:41:08,877
Brian.
637
00:41:09,914 --> 00:41:11,142
Hello, Brian.
638
00:41:12,450 --> 00:41:15,146
Is that a cotton bob in your pocket
or a hard-on?
639
00:41:19,357 --> 00:41:22,053
WOMAN 1: What's he doing?
WOMAN 2: Having a fiddle.
640
00:41:31,068 --> 00:41:34,731
[###]
641
00:41:37,275 --> 00:41:39,368
Here, Con. Pass them out, girls.
642
00:42:02,567 --> 00:42:05,866
WOMAN 1: Yeah, come on, Rita.
Go on, Rita. Give them hell.
643
00:42:06,037 --> 00:42:08,335
[WOMEN CHATTERING]
644
00:42:15,179 --> 00:42:17,443
Ignore it.
Ignore it?
645
00:42:17,615 --> 00:42:20,880
Standard issue,
day after a walkout.
646
00:42:21,619 --> 00:42:23,211
Have you
seen the language?
647
00:42:23,387 --> 00:42:26,845
"Your aggressive disregard
for the existing complaints procedure."
648
00:42:27,024 --> 00:42:29,390
Tone of that?
They don't mean it.
649
00:42:29,927 --> 00:42:33,454
So why are they saying it?
That's how we've always done it.
650
00:42:33,631 --> 00:42:36,361
All the other strikes.
It's like the rules.
651
00:42:36,534 --> 00:42:38,695
RITA:
Oh, no, no, no. I'm sorry.
652
00:42:39,670 --> 00:42:42,764
Sorry, we ain't
playing that game.
We ain't your men.
653
00:42:43,574 --> 00:42:46,771
We're us.
And we certainly won't be
addressed in this manner.
654
00:42:46,944 --> 00:42:48,912
No.
655
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:52,015
All those in favor
of not only maintaining
656
00:42:52,183 --> 00:42:56,244
but increasing our current action
by going to an all-out stoppage
657
00:42:56,420 --> 00:42:58,945
until we get the same rates of pay
as the men?
658
00:42:59,123 --> 00:43:01,091
What?
Equal pay?
659
00:43:01,425 --> 00:43:04,553
Why not?
Because that's what this
is really about, isn't it?
660
00:43:05,396 --> 00:43:07,887
We're on the lowest rate
in the whole factory
661
00:43:08,065 --> 00:43:11,057
despite the fact
we've got considerable skill.
662
00:43:11,235 --> 00:43:13,795
And there's only one possible
reason for that.
663
00:43:13,971 --> 00:43:16,371
It's because we're women.
Yeah.
664
00:43:16,540 --> 00:43:20,738
And in the workplace,
women get paid less
no matter what skill they got.
665
00:43:20,912 --> 00:43:25,747
Which is why, from now on,
we gotta demand a level playing field
666
00:43:25,917 --> 00:43:28,249
and rates of pay
which reflect the job,
667
00:43:28,419 --> 00:43:30,910
not whether you've got
a dick or not.
668
00:43:31,088 --> 00:43:32,715
[WOMEN LAUGHING]
669
00:43:33,591 --> 00:43:38,221
This strike is about one thing
and one thing only: Fairness.
670
00:43:38,396 --> 00:43:39,795
WOMAN 1: Yeah.
WOMAN 2: That's right.
671
00:43:39,964 --> 00:43:43,400
Equal pay or nothing.
Yes.
672
00:43:43,567 --> 00:43:46,092
All those in favor?
Yes.
673
00:43:49,607 --> 00:43:51,575
Everybody out.
674
00:43:51,742 --> 00:43:56,076
[###]
675
00:44:04,922 --> 00:44:07,356
Well, it's got
nothing to do with me.
676
00:44:11,028 --> 00:44:13,155
An all-out stoppage?
677
00:44:13,331 --> 00:44:17,859
Also, the specifics
of this strike, they've
widened out a bit.
678
00:44:19,036 --> 00:44:20,128
Christ.
679
00:44:21,405 --> 00:44:22,429
Shit.
680
00:44:22,940 --> 00:44:27,843
Fucking Ada. Equal pay?
What were you thinking, Monty?
681
00:44:28,012 --> 00:44:31,607
It wasn't me, it was Albert.
He went behind me back.
682
00:44:32,116 --> 00:44:34,550
Really, Monty?
He's a loose cannon.
683
00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:37,688
You wanna haul someone
over the coals, he's your man.
684
00:44:37,855 --> 00:44:39,652
The bloody troublemaker.
685
00:44:40,491 --> 00:44:41,890
Get him in.
686
00:44:51,902 --> 00:44:54,928
I tried to protect you, Albert.
687
00:44:55,206 --> 00:44:58,141
But you're gonna get
such a fucking bollocking.
688
00:44:58,309 --> 00:45:00,072
Come on, then.
689
00:45:04,849 --> 00:45:07,909
This is awkward, Albert.
You know that, don't you?
690
00:45:08,586 --> 00:45:13,546
It jeopardizes a whole raft
of other negotiations
691
00:45:13,724 --> 00:45:18,058
that the unions are already at
loggerheads with management over.
692
00:45:18,229 --> 00:45:19,856
Look, comrade,
693
00:45:20,031 --> 00:45:25,059
basically, you encouraging
these women to get all militant...
694
00:45:25,236 --> 00:45:27,466
It shifts resources
away from the blokes,
695
00:45:27,638 --> 00:45:29,902
who are the ones at the coalface.
696
00:45:30,074 --> 00:45:32,975
We ain't unsympathetic,
697
00:45:33,144 --> 00:45:37,911
but as a union, we have
to remember who comes first.
698
00:45:39,483 --> 00:45:41,917
The Communist Party
and Marx himself said:
699
00:45:42,086 --> 00:45:45,920
"Men write their own history."
That's "men," Albert.
700
00:45:46,824 --> 00:45:49,258
But didn't he also say,
701
00:45:49,427 --> 00:45:54,023
"Progress can be measured
by the social position of
the female sex"?
702
00:45:54,198 --> 00:45:57,292
Or was that a different Marx?
That was Groucho, was it?
703
00:46:00,337 --> 00:46:03,101
Equal pay across the board.
704
00:46:03,941 --> 00:46:06,307
You telling me that
ain't worth fighting for?
705
00:46:06,877 --> 00:46:09,573
Of course it is.
And you know it.
706
00:46:10,247 --> 00:46:12,306
I'll tell you something.
707
00:46:12,483 --> 00:46:16,476
This Rita has got a bigger set of balls
than you three put together.
708
00:46:16,654 --> 00:46:19,782
And she ain't scared to
lay them on the line neither.
709
00:46:20,891 --> 00:46:23,291
And I, for one, am gonna help her.
710
00:46:24,929 --> 00:46:26,920
And if you are
what you say you are,
711
00:46:27,098 --> 00:46:30,761
an organization pledged
to support its members,
712
00:46:30,935 --> 00:46:36,703
then you'll get off your lazy, fat arses
and you'll help her too.
713
00:46:38,209 --> 00:46:40,871
Good fucking evening.
714
00:46:43,447 --> 00:46:46,382
BRENDA:
They can't expect us to carry on
being graded unskilled.
715
00:46:46,550 --> 00:46:48,108
Unskilled, my arse.
716
00:46:48,285 --> 00:46:51,914
[SMALL FACE'S
"ALL OR NOTHING"
PLAYING]
717
00:46:52,089 --> 00:46:55,149
[CHATTERING]
718
00:47:01,632 --> 00:47:06,695
We're here to put across
our point of view about
what's going on. It ain't fair.
719
00:47:06,871 --> 00:47:10,705
And also about how it's a part
of something bigger, much bigger.
720
00:47:10,875 --> 00:47:13,366
What about a little bit of support
this way?
721
00:47:15,179 --> 00:47:16,203
Come on, mate.
722
00:47:16,380 --> 00:47:20,077
You might learn something
if you just listened.
723
00:47:24,155 --> 00:47:27,613
RITA:
The time has come
for all women to say "enough."
724
00:47:27,791 --> 00:47:32,160
We do not and we will not
accept this any longer.
725
00:47:35,366 --> 00:47:38,597
Ow!
Dad, the pan.
726
00:47:39,203 --> 00:47:40,966
Bollocks!
727
00:47:41,138 --> 00:47:42,571
No, Daddy didn't mean that.
728
00:47:43,874 --> 00:47:45,705
Thank you. Thank you very much.
729
00:47:47,711 --> 00:47:50,236
That was magnificent.
That was wonderful.
730
00:47:51,549 --> 00:47:53,016
Be back in a minute.
731
00:47:58,923 --> 00:48:02,051
RITA:
You're doing the same work
for Ford here in Liverpool
732
00:48:02,226 --> 00:48:04,660
that we're doing for them
down in Dagenham.
733
00:48:04,828 --> 00:48:06,819
So you know that our job is skilled.
734
00:48:07,665 --> 00:48:08,996
She's a bit of all right.
735
00:48:11,969 --> 00:48:13,368
RITA:
Think beyond that.
736
00:48:14,471 --> 00:48:17,998
I'm asking you to strike now
for all women, not just machinists.
737
00:48:18,175 --> 00:48:20,871
Leave him alone.
He's gotta concentrate.
738
00:48:21,045 --> 00:48:22,876
Go, get back.
Have a word with him.
739
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:26,647
And what is right
is that every single one of us
740
00:48:26,817 --> 00:48:28,876
is entitled to the same pay as men.
741
00:48:29,053 --> 00:48:30,918
WOMEN:
Yeah!
742
00:48:31,088 --> 00:48:32,555
That's my girl.
743
00:48:32,723 --> 00:48:36,523
Will all those in favor
please put your hands in the air now?
744
00:48:36,694 --> 00:48:38,685
Yeah!
745
00:48:40,297 --> 00:48:41,389
Yeah.
746
00:48:44,068 --> 00:48:45,831
RITA:
Well...
747
00:48:46,737 --> 00:48:48,671
How'd you get on?
748
00:48:51,041 --> 00:48:54,704
We slaughtered them.
Every single one of them
came out.
749
00:48:57,815 --> 00:48:59,783
It was incredible
though, Eddie.
750
00:49:00,217 --> 00:49:01,980
Well done.
751
00:49:03,988 --> 00:49:07,947
Go and check on the kids.
Give them a quick kiss good night.
752
00:49:19,403 --> 00:49:21,268
[VACUUM CLEANER HUMMING]
753
00:49:21,438 --> 00:49:23,770
RITA:
Gonna take
some money, all right?
754
00:49:25,309 --> 00:49:27,243
Oh, no. What happened?
755
00:49:28,479 --> 00:49:30,344
Dad.
756
00:49:30,514 --> 00:49:32,505
Tell him to give it
another go, yeah?
757
00:49:32,683 --> 00:49:36,676
I'm off. See you later.
You're all right taking them
to school, aren't you?
758
00:49:36,854 --> 00:49:39,516
Of course.
You're all right with that?
759
00:49:40,557 --> 00:49:44,516
Everything's all right, isn't it?
Yeah, why wouldn't it be?
760
00:49:45,095 --> 00:49:47,928
No reason. Have a good day.
See you later.
761
00:49:49,366 --> 00:49:51,596
This is me last one.
762
00:49:51,769 --> 00:49:54,932
Ey?
The shirt, I just noticed.
763
00:49:56,373 --> 00:49:59,308
Oh, yeah.
Sorry, I forgot.
764
00:49:59,476 --> 00:50:01,637
Forgot washing Monday.
I'll do it tonight.
765
00:50:02,279 --> 00:50:03,940
Right.
766
00:50:04,114 --> 00:50:05,741
[###]
767
00:50:05,916 --> 00:50:08,009
Take care of your dad.
GRAHAM: Bye, Mum.
768
00:50:08,185 --> 00:50:09,618
Have a good day.
769
00:50:09,787 --> 00:50:10,811
[CLATTERING]
770
00:50:10,988 --> 00:50:12,717
Oh, dear.
771
00:50:12,990 --> 00:50:14,582
Come on.
Come on, girls.
772
00:50:14,758 --> 00:50:16,248
WOMEN [CHANTING]:
Equal pay.
773
00:50:16,427 --> 00:50:18,486
Equal pay.
774
00:50:18,662 --> 00:50:20,926
Equal pay.
775
00:50:23,267 --> 00:50:25,462
Which way?
Wait a minute.
776
00:50:25,969 --> 00:50:28,028
No, Ri, it's here.
It's down this way.
777
00:50:28,439 --> 00:50:30,498
It must be up here.
Anyone got a map?
778
00:50:30,674 --> 00:50:32,266
There.
779
00:50:33,877 --> 00:50:36,038
There it is.
WOMAN 1: Oh, my God.
780
00:50:36,814 --> 00:50:40,011
WOMAN 2: Oh, here we are.
WOMAN 3: Here we go.
781
00:50:41,552 --> 00:50:45,511
We want respect. We want respect.
782
00:50:45,689 --> 00:50:49,489
We want respect. We want respect.
783
00:50:49,660 --> 00:50:51,719
Get the banner up.
Look, get that.
784
00:50:51,895 --> 00:50:53,487
There.
Equal pay for women!
785
00:50:53,664 --> 00:50:54,688
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
786
00:50:54,865 --> 00:50:56,833
MAN: I'll support you.
WOMAN: Thank you for your support.
787
00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:58,160
Equal pay for women.
788
00:50:58,335 --> 00:51:00,462
Women workers for equal pay.
789
00:51:00,637 --> 00:51:04,403
We want respect.
MAN: Darling, over here.
790
00:51:06,844 --> 00:51:09,176
WOMAN:
We want respect!
791
00:51:10,381 --> 00:51:12,076
Hey!
Hello.
792
00:51:12,282 --> 00:51:15,217
I finish at 4. Give us a call, love?
793
00:51:15,819 --> 00:51:18,253
I never thought
we'd get this backing.
794
00:51:18,989 --> 00:51:21,253
Show us what you got.
795
00:51:24,895 --> 00:51:26,863
Hold on, girls!
796
00:51:27,030 --> 00:51:28,827
We're not entirely unfurled, look.
797
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:32,134
MAN:
Don't we all?
798
00:51:34,438 --> 00:51:35,928
I know the feeling.
799
00:51:36,106 --> 00:51:37,198
Don't look, boys.
800
00:51:39,209 --> 00:51:41,006
ANNOUNCER:
In their campaign for equal pay,
801
00:51:41,178 --> 00:51:43,339
women workers
of Ford Dagenham
802
00:51:43,514 --> 00:51:46,210
brought their protest
to Westminster today.
803
00:51:46,383 --> 00:51:48,180
Some didn't need
much persuasion
804
00:51:48,352 --> 00:51:50,820
to demonstrate
their feminine charms.
805
00:51:50,988 --> 00:51:55,391
It's interesting, all this politics,
when you get down to it. Oh, sorry.
806
00:51:55,559 --> 00:51:58,392
How long will they stay out?
Must be starting to bite.
807
00:51:58,562 --> 00:52:01,326
As long as it takes.
Does your husband support you?
808
00:52:01,498 --> 00:52:03,830
He has to.
Yeah.
809
00:52:04,001 --> 00:52:05,195
Yes, of course he does.
810
00:52:05,369 --> 00:52:09,237
And we all supported the men
when they went out on strike. Yeah.
811
00:52:09,406 --> 00:52:12,842
Does it bother you that
you've been described as
the Revlon revolutionary?
812
00:52:13,010 --> 00:52:14,341
[WOMEN LAUGHING]
813
00:52:14,511 --> 00:52:17,105
Have they been in touch
about doing some modeling?
814
00:52:17,281 --> 00:52:20,444
I don't think so.
I think you're talking to the wrong girl.
815
00:52:20,617 --> 00:52:22,278
Actually...