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Leeds United!
Overview
The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose efforts were undermined by the trade union that they belonged to.
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Cast
Lynne Perrie
Mollie
Elizabeth Spriggs
Maggie
Lori Wells
Sadie
Stan Stennett
Joe Pike
Josie Lane
Annie
Bert Gaunt
Harry Gridley
Bernard Archard
Managing Director, Blacks
Stanley Meadows
Managing Director, Benthams
Peter Wallis
Fred Packer
Peter Cellier
Philip Stringer
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