Arbeitskampf mit Nadel und Faden

The film “Made in Dagenham”, produced by the British director Nigel Cole, focuses on the turbulent times of the first labor dispute led by women in British history. The sewing machinists strike at the Ford Dagenham plant in 1969 was a major step towards gender equality in the workplace and initiated the “Equal Pay Law” which was passed in 1970 in England. The film is a cinematic monument to women and at the same time an adorable comedy characterized by a typical British sense of humor. This contribution addresses the continuing discrimination of women in employment as well as the male chauvinist culture of trade unions.