An account of the three-month strike by hundreds of mostly East African Asian women workers at the Imperial Typewriters plant in Leicester, England. Although unsuccessful, it was a key moment in ...

Despite not getting union backing, the strikers organised themselves effectively A strike where unions were accused of institutional racism is being marked by a special exhibition in Leicester. The ...

An account of the three-month strike by hundreds of mostly East African Asian women workers at the Imperial Typewriters plant in Leicester,… ...

In 1974, on May 1, a walk-out of 30 to 40 predominantly South Asian female workers started it all. But protests soon swelled to a 500-strong strike. It continued for three months and involved Asian, ...

A reader remembers what the atmosphere and working conditions were like at Leicester's Imperial works My article about how Leicester’s Imperial Typewriters played their part during the Second World ...

Vintage typewriters met modern computers in a digital inclusion event beamed out live from Leicester Museum and Art Gallery. The city’s collection of classic typewriters was utilised as part of a ...

Despite not getting union backing, the strikers organised themselves effectively A strike where unions were accused of institutional racism is being marked by a special exhibition in Leicester. The ...