Made in Dagenham Page #2

Synopsis: In 1968, the Ford auto factory in Dagenham was one of the largest single private employers in the United Kingdom. In addition to the thousands of male employees, there are also 187 underpaid women machinists who primarily assemble the car seat upholstery in poor working conditions. Dissatisfied, the women, represented by the shop steward and Rita O'Grady, work with union rep Albert Passingham for a better deal. However, Rita learns that there is a larger issue in this dispute considering that women are paid an appalling fraction of the men's wages for the same work across the board on the sole basis of their sex. Refusing to tolerate this inequality any longer, O'Grady leads a strike by her fellow machinists for equal pay for equal work. What follows would test the patience of all involved in a grinding labour and political struggle that ultimately would advance the cause of women's rights around the world.
Director(s): Nigel Cole
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Nominated for 3 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 3 wins & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
2010
113 min
$1,094,798
Website
2,352 Views


often have difficulty

in adjusting to the standards of

behavior required in a school like this.

It isn't really their fault.

Their parents have never undergone

the full rigor of academic life.

The boys can hardly look to them

for guidance, can they?

But they do adapt in time.

And I'm sure your son will too,

if he's just given the chance.

But thank you for your concern,

Mrs. O'Grady.

Are you all right?

F*** off.

Hold on, is this Sandra's?

Yeah, I know.

Connie? Con?

Sandra's at it again, look.

You've gotta say something.

She hasn't.

You've gotta talk to her.

Don't wave at us, silly cow.

We're moaning about you.

I'll do it.

No, you can't keep covering for her.

I'll talk to her.

Will you?

Here it comes. Oh, no.

Look at that. We

might as well not have a roof.

How many times

have we asked to fix this?

It's not difficult, is it?

Connie, listen.

Albert.

I'm sorry, I didn't realize. Oh, my God.

- I didn't realize. I'm sorry. Oh, God.

- You were saying?

There's a meeting tomorrow.

At Ford's headquarters

down in Warley.

You're joking.

I'm not.

Machinists threatening strike action,

they couldn't believe it.

- Oh, yes.

- Yeah.

We'll have to make a good strategy.

They'll have Hopkins and Jones

and Grant, miserable sod.

Now, who have we got

on our side? We've got, um,

Monty Taylor from the

head office, he's coming.

There's me, two. You, Con, three.

Well, that leaves us one short.

Why?

Little principle I picked up

in the war, Eileen.

Turn up with more on your side

than they've got on their side

and turn up

when they're least expecting it.

So who's gonna

make the fourth man?

Oh, not me.

I'm not going.

Any takers? No?

You want it?

F*** off.

Come on. It's a day off.

- Oh, actually.

- Yeah, you all wanna go now.

Yeah. I ain't having that.

What?

Yeah.

Go on, Rita. Day off.

Go on, Rita.

You'd be great, Rita.

Go on, then.

Yeah, right.

What do you have to do?

All right, Gordon?

Hello, Sandra.

Think you're going?

It's the new Escort. Finally designed

something people like.

They can get f***ed.

That's right.

We ain't working no overtime.

Me and the boys were saying

we'd have gone on strike

just having to turn up

in a pig hole like this.

You know it's raining here, don't you?

Yeah, yeah. Whatever.

- See you tomorrow, Connie.

- I think he likes you.

It's going, it's going. The

police are being pushed backwards.

There's screaming now.

Absolute hysteria.

Now you can see the banners

are being used as clubs...

No, they don't want so much.

No, look what you're doing...

Sharon?

Don't open my share.

Turn the telly off now,

there's a good girl. Now, please.

Wake your dad up.

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