Grunwick and Gate Gourmet Study Day at the Women’s Library
South Asian women workers in the Grunwick and Gate Gourmet disputes: similarities, differences and lessons
Study Day Saturday 28 November Programme
10.30 Tea and coffee
11.00 Welcome
* Gale Cameron and Chandan Mahal (The Women’s Library)
* Ruth Pearson & Sundari Anitha (University of Leeds); Linda McDowell, (University of Oxford)
11.15 Striking images: The making of Grunwick
* Linda Mc Dowell
* Chair – Sundari Anitha
11.45 Grunwick and Gate Gourmet: similarities, differences and lessons
* Ruth Pearson and Sundari Anitha
* Chair – Linda McDowell
12.15 Discussion
12.30 Lunch (not included) Viewing of exhibition
13.30 Panel discussion: The Gate Gourmet Dispute: ongoing lessons for organising South Asian women workers in the UK
* Jane Holgate, Rahila Gupta, and Parmjit Bains
14.10 New forms of organisation: beyond workplace unions
* Jane Wills, Queen Mary University of London
14.40 Final discussion and concluding remarks
15.00 Tea and Cakes
16.00 End
Note: We pleased that Parmjit Bains, a key organiser from Gate Gourmet, will join us for lunch and the panel discussion. We are also expecting Jayaben Desai, the Grunwick strike leader to join us for a couple of hours at lunchtime.
See http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/2009/09/event-womens-library-3/