May Hobbs

Gee, M (2017) 'May Hobbs.' In: Hunt, S, Kidd, D and Page, R, eds. Protest! Stories of resistance. Comma Press, Manchester, pp. 237-265. ISBN 9781905583737

Abstract

A story inspired by the real-life strike by the women who cleaned offices at night in the 1970s, commissioned for an anthology about protest. May Hobbs was a working class woman from Hoxton who managed to unionise the cleaners, started the Cleaners' Action Group, and organised a successful strike against the civil service.

Item Type:	Book Chapter or Section
Divisions:	School of Creative Industries
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2017 18:44
Last Modified:	17 Feb 2021 19:20

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