In the film, we meet (played brilliantly by Sally Hawkins), a fictional amalgamation of the real women who led the strike. The women worked in a segregated department, sewing seat covers for cars, and were classified as "unskilled" (Grade B) workers, earning significantly less than men performing similar duties.
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With incredible performances from a stellar cast—including Miranda Richardson as the witty Barbara Castle and Bob Hoskins as the supportive union man Albert—it is a film that pulls out all the stops to entertain while educating, proving that well-behaved women rarely make history. In the film, we meet (played brilliantly by
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In the hot summer of 1968, 187 women machinists at Ford's Dagenham plant did something unimaginable. They didn't just walk out—they took on the largest corporation in the world, the male-dominated unions, and the British government.