• Short Summary

    IN BELGIUM, FOR THE PAST SEVEN WEEKS THREE-THOUSAND WOMEN WORKERS AT THE FN (FABRIQUE NATIONALE) ARMAMENTS FACTORY HAVE BEEN ON STRIKE.

  • Description


    STRIKING WOMEN IN MASS DEMONSTRATION, PLACARDS DEMANDING EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN.




    Initials JRG/VZ/MGT/JG



    Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

    Background: IN BELGIUM, FOR THE PAST SEVEN WEEKS THREE-THOUSAND WOMEN WORKERS AT THE FN (FABRIQUE NATIONALE) ARMAMENTS FACTORY HAVE BEEN ON STRIKE. THEY ARE DEMANDING THE SAME PAY AS THE MENFOLK GET ON THE SAME JOBS AND TODAY (THURSDAY) THEY STAGED A MASS MARCH PAST THEIR FACTORY AT HERSTAL TO MARK THEIR DECISION TO CONTINUE THE STRIKE INDEFINITELY.

    THE HERSTAL FACTORY MAKES THE WORLD-RENOWNED FN REPREATING RIFLE. JOINING THE WORKERS IN A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY WERE 2,000 WOMEN WORKERS FROM THE ELECTRIC COMPONENTS FACTORY OF ACEC IN CHARLEROI.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    VLVA9IH1980SF7VTRAM58KL961UWX
    Media URN:
    VLVA9IH1980SF7VTRAM58KL961UWX
    Group:
    Reuters - Source to be Verified
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    07/04/1966
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:59:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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