|
Audrey White (activist)
Audrey White (born 1951) is a British people, British former shopworker whose activism in the 1980s led to breakthrough legislation on sexual harassment in the United Kingdom. Her activism also drew attention to the use of legislation banning picketing and the use of strip searching by the police. Her experience was the inspiration for the film ''Business as Usual (film), Business as Usual'', in which Glenda Jackson played White. Employment protest In 1983, White was working as the manager of the Liverpool branch of Lord John#Lady at Lord John industrial dispute, Lady at Lord John’s, the women's clothing chain associated with the men's fashion retail chain Lord John. An area manager sexually harassed four women in her team. After she filed a complaint and protested, White was fired. Her supervisor brought in the police to physically evict her from work. White, however, was a member of the Unite the Union, TWGU (now Unite), and this union attempted to negotiate with her employ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British People
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by descent from British nationals. When used in a historical context, "British" or "Britons" can refer to the Ancient Britons, the Celtic languages, Celtic-speaking inhabitants of Great Britain during the British Iron Age, Iron Age, whose descendants formed the major part of the modern Welsh people, Cornish people, Bretons and considerable proportions of English people. It also refers to those British subjects born in parts of the former British Empire that are now independent countries who settled in the United Kingdom prior to 1973. Though early assertions of being British date from the Late Middle Ages, the Union of the Crowns in 1603 and the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 triggered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
