GMB Magazine GMB24 Centre Point Spring 2016 | Page 30
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LINKING UP
GMB members at last year’s
Chainmakers Festival.
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NEW LINKS
Join us at the Cradley Women
Chainmakers Festival this July
I
n 1910, a group of 800 female
chainmakers went on strike to gain
a minimum wage for their industry.
These brave women fought their
employers for 10 weeks and, in the end,
were successful in winning their battle to
claim minimum levels of pay for their work.
On Saturday 2 July 2016, you can
celebrate and commemorate this famous
trade union victory at the annual Cradley
Women Chainmakers Festival, held from
11am in Cradley Heath High Street. The
women chainmakers lived and worked in
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to remember their
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be speeches and
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debates, as well as
lots of family friendly
activities: market stalls, a fun
fair, street theatre and live music.
If you'd like to get involved in this
fun day, please get in touch with GMB
political officer Stephanie Peacock on
0121 550 4888 or on stephanie.
[email protected]
GMB
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BIRMINGHAM &
ION
MIDLANDS REG
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contact your local GMB office.
GMB REGIONAL OFFICE
Will Thorne House, 2 Birmingham Road,
Halesowen B63 3HP
T: 0121 550 4888
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Tamworth B78 3HL
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Worcester WR1 1DS
T: 01905 612 210
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