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Racialized obsolescence: multinational corporations, labor conflict, and the closure of the Imperial Typewriter Company in Britain, 1974–1975

Abstract:: This article will explore one of the most significant strikes by migrant workers in Britain during the 1970s and the subsequent company closure the year after their victory. In May 1974, a predominantly South Asian workforce at the Imperial Typewriter Company in Leicester went on strike over unequal bonus payments and discrimination in promotion. The shop stewards committee and Transport & General Workers Union branch refused their support and the workforce split partly on racial lines. The s...
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Myers, M. (2023). Racialized obsolescence: multinational corporations, labor conflict, and the closure of the Imperial Typewriter Company in Britain, 1974–1975. International Labor and Working-Class History, 102, 23–50.

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Myers, M. “Racialized Obsolescence: Multinational Corporations, Labor Conflict, and the Closure of the Imperial Typewriter Company in Britain, 1974–1975.” International Labor and Working-Class History, vol. 102, 2023, pp. 23–50.

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Myers, M. 2023. “Racialized Obsolescence: Multinational Corporations, Labor Conflict, and the Closure of the Imperial Typewriter Company in Britain, 1974–1975.” International Labor and Working-Class History 102: 23–50.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: HUMS
Department:: History
Oxford college:: Balliol College
Role:: Author
ORCID:: 0000-0002-0860-8753

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Journal:: International Labor and Working-Class History More from this journal
Volume:: 102
Pages:: 23-50
Publication date:: 2023-04-17
DOI:: 10.1017/s0147547922000199
EISSN:: 1471-6445
ISSN:: 0147-5479

Language:: English
Keywords:: labor

racism

capitalism

trade unions

immigration
Pubs id:: 2041006
Local pid:: pubs:2041006
Deposit date:: 2024-10-18
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_d6afcbae3b894c1590380b38713a373a

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Copyright holder:: International Labor and Working-Class History, Inc.
Copyright date:: 2023
Rights statement:: © International Labor and Working-Class History, Inc., 2023. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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