My best friend lost her husband recently. He was a gunner in the 50 Squadron in the RAF....
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[Rita gives an impromptu speech at the trade union conference]
Rita O'Grady: My best friend lost her husband recently. He was a gunner in the 50 Squadron in the RAF. Got shot down one time, on a raid to Essen. And even though he was badly injured, he managed to bail out. I asked him why he joined the RAF, and he said "Well, they've got the best women, haven't they?"
[audience laughs]
Rita O'Grady: And then he said "Well, you've got to do something, haven't you? You had to do something, that was a given. Cos it was a matter of principle. You had to stand up. You had to do what was right. Cos otherwise you wouldn't be able to look at yourself in the mirror." When did that change, eh? When did we, in this country, decide to stop fighting? I don't think we ever did. But you've got to back us up. You've got to stand up with us. *We* are the working classes - the men *and* the women. We're not separated by sex, but only by those who are willing to accept injustice and those like our friend George who are prepared to go into battle for what is right. And equal pay for women *is* right
Rita O'Grady: My best friend lost her husband recently. He was a gunner in the 50 Squadron in the RAF. Got shot down one time, on a raid to Essen. And even though he was badly injured, he managed to bail out. I asked him why he joined the RAF, and he said "Well, they've got the best women, haven't they?"
[audience laughs]
Rita O'Grady: And then he said "Well, you've got to do something, haven't you? You had to do something, that was a given. Cos it was a matter of principle. You had to stand up. You had to do what was right. Cos otherwise you wouldn't be able to look at yourself in the mirror." When did that change, eh? When did we, in this country, decide to stop fighting? I don't think we ever did. But you've got to back us up. You've got to stand up with us. *We* are the working classes - the men *and* the women. We're not separated by sex, but only by those who are willing to accept injustice and those like our friend George who are prepared to go into battle for what is right. And equal pay for women *is* right
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My best friend lost her husband recently
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He was
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He was a gunner in the 50 Squadron in the RAF
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Got shot down one time on a raid to Essen
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And even though he was badly injured he managed to bail out
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I asked him why he joined the RAF and he said
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Well they got the best women haven't they
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Which they did
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And then he said Well you gotta do something haven't you
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You had to do something That was a given
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Because it was a matter of principle
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You had to stand up you had to do what was right
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Otherwise you wouldn't be able to look at yourself in the mirror
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When did that change eh
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When did we in this country decide to stop fighting
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I don't think we ever did
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But you've gotta back us up
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You've gotta stand up with us
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We are the working classes The men and the women
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We're not separated by sex
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But only by those who are willing to accept injustice
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and those like our friend George
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who are prepared to go into battle for what is right
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And equal pay for women is right
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Movie Summary
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
