workingclasshistory:On this day, 27 August 1963, a mass meeting of 500 bus workers in Bristol, Engla
workingclasshistory:On this day, 27 August 1963, a mass meeting of 500 bus workers in Bristol, England voted to end their “colour bar” on the hiring of black and Asian workers following a four-month boycott. A group of West Indian migrant workers initiated the boycott in April against the bar, enforced by the TGWU union and the state-owned Bristol Omnibus Company. The movement was a key factor behind the introduction of the Race Relations Act two years later which outlawed racial discrimination in public places. If you value our posts like this, ensure we can stay in touch in future by joining our email list: https://workingclasshistory.com/sign-up/ https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1197161687135646/?type=3 -- source link
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