Grovewood, kitchens, Tipton
D-EXP/P/I41/144 20 May 1985 Wolverhampton Archives
The factory was due to close. TheFurniture Timber and Allied Trades Union and Len Buckingham are mentioned.
D-EXP/P/I41/144 20 May 1985 Wolverhampton Archives
The factory was due to close. TheFurniture Timber and Allied Trades Union and Len Buckingham are mentioned.
D-EXP/P/I29/114 20 Feb 1990 Wolverhampton Archives
Workers went on strike following a new pay structure. The AUEW is mentioned, and the photograph shows Melvyn Young (right) and fellow pickets outside the factory
D-EXP/P/I30/142 22 Jun 1965 Wolverhampton Archives
The Transport & General Workers Union announced that nearly 500 workers were facing redundancy. The Ministry of Labour is mentioned.
D-EXP/P/I33/45 1 Jun 1987 Wolverhampton Archives
Shopfloor workers went on strike after 50 colleagues were sacked.
D-EXP/P/I33/4 15 Jun 1978 Wolverhampton Archives
400 workers to lose their jobs. Hednesford is mentioned, and in the photograph from left are union leaders Ted Cooper, George Large and Arthur Gullick.
D-EXP/P/I36/70 4 Dec 1976 Wolverhampton Archives
Strike negotiations over pay. The photograph shows shop stewards leaving Transport House, West Bromwich, with Transport and General Workers Union official Brian Mathers (right)
D-EXP/P/I39/107 15 May 1968 Wolverhampton Archives
Workers at the firm supported the national one-day strike in support of an all round wage increase and better holidays. The Engineering Employers Federation is mentioned.
D-EXP/P/I40/78 3 Sep 1975 Wolverhampton Archives
Workers decided to defer a pay rise in order to help the firm. The Carpet Trades Union is mentioned, and the photograph shows Eddie Evans shaking hands with David Grimes.
D-EXP/P/I35/27 13 Sep 1978 Wolverhampton Archives
The factory was due to be closed. Christopher Harvey, the Dudley and District Chamber of Commerce, Jim Payne, and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers are mentioned.
D-EXP/P/I40/127 6 Jul 1979 Wolverhampton Archives
Workers went on strike over a plan to stop Union meetings. The photograph shows Charles B. Barton.