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Fight Redundancies in the Workplace

Poster
ca. 1976 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This poster promotes solidarity and portest against worker's losing their livelihoods. The essence of the poster's message is printed as a quote from UCS Worker (1971):
"We're aware of the pent up anger and frustration of countless redundancies after redundancies, the crippling paralysis of small redundancies, here and there with the cumulative effect of mass unemployment. We're not going to be hungy we'll fight when we're in the yards and in the factories, and not when we're in the dole queues... we refuse to accept a philosophy that says that economics control men, men must and shall control economics..."

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFight Redundancies in the Workplace (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screenprint in red on yellow
Brief description
"Fight Redundancies in the Workplace" Poster protesting against rising unemployment. UK, ca. 1976.
Physical description
Image of the heads and shoulders of figures protesting. Three smaller images of protest placards below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75.9cm
  • Width: 51cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • FIGHT REDUNDANCIE/ IN/ THE/ WORK PLACE
  • PLESSEY/ WORKERS/ DEMAND THE/ RIGHT TO/ WORK
  • NO/ CLOSURES/ OR/ CONTRACTIONS/ OF UC.S
  • DOCK WORKERS/ SUPPORT/ BRIANT COLOUR/ WORKMEN
  • We're aware of the pent up anger and frustration/ of countless redundancies after redundancies,/ the crippling paralysis of small redundancies,/ here and there with the cumulative effect of/ mass unemployment. We're not going to be/ hungy we'll fight when we're in the yards and in/ the factories, and not when we're in the dole/ queues... we refuse to accept a philosophy that/ says that economics control men, men must/ and shall control economics.../ UCS Worker 1971
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
This poster promotes solidarity and portest against worker's losing their livelihoods. The essence of the poster's message is printed as a quote from UCS Worker (1971):
"We're aware of the pent up anger and frustration of countless redundancies after redundancies, the crippling paralysis of small redundancies, here and there with the cumulative effect of mass unemployment. We're not going to be hungy we'll fight when we're in the yards and in the factories, and not when we're in the dole queues... we refuse to accept a philosophy that says that economics control men, men must and shall control economics..."
Other number
LS.1303 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Accession number
E.652-2004

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Record createdOctober 13, 2004
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