‘Striking Women: South Asian workers’ struggles in the UK labour market from Grunwick to Gate Gourmet‘ is a Follow-on project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and undertaken by Sundari Anitha (University of Lincoln), Ruth Pearson (University of Leeds) and Linda McDowell (University of Oxford).

There are three kinds of resources in the project – the first is an educational site about migration, women and work, rights and responsibilites at work and the story of the action by South Asian women during the Grunwick and Gate Gourmet industrial disputes. These resources can be found on www.striking-women.org.

The second resource is a two-part comic which depicts the life stories of two South Asian women involved with these disputes, downloadable from the site.  The third is a mobile exhibition which can be borrowed by community groups and organisations. For further information, contact sanitha@lincoln.ac.uk

The graphic novel Somewhere nowhere: lives without homes has been worked on by a number of researchers including Professor Peter Somerville and has provided readers with a unique insight into the lives of homeless people. The abstract of the book – or rather, the abstract of the graphic novel outlines the content as “real experiences of people who have experienced homelessness”. Researcher Gareth Morris gives a great account of the graphic novel’s conception on his blog, whilst illustrator Sam Dahl has images from the novel on his blog. Copies of the novel can be bought at lulu.com.

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Images Courtesy of Sam Dahl – http://www.samdahl.co.uk/