The Night Cleaners Strikes 1972

Night Cleaners Strikes cover

An account of two strikes by women cleaners in London in 1972. Published by Cleaners Action Group.

Further information on these strikes is available on Libcom at:

Housing and cleaners' struggles in London in the 1960s-70s - May Hobbs
Jolting memory: Nightcleaners recalled - Sheila Rowbotham

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