The Night Cleaners Strikes 1972

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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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