{"podcast":{"title":"On This Day in Working Class History","slug":"on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530","podcast_index_feed_id":6766530,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6070772/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://workingclasshistory.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6d8396c2dee8efae4fb6e6f06be1aa9a.jpg","author":"Working Class History","episode_count":868,"summary":"Daily briefings of On This Day people's history anniversaries every day of the year. From the Working Class History team. Help support our work by joining us on patreon and accessing exclusive content and benefits: patreon.com/workingclasshistory","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T14:17:22.340057+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530"},"episode":{"title":"13 June 1992: Burnsall strike","slug":"13-june-1992-burnsall-strike","published_at":"2026-06-13T04:05:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530/13-june-1992-burnsall-strike","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13-june-1992-burnsall-strike--72310195","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72310195/06_13_1992_burnsall_strike.mp3","summary":"On this day, 13 June 1992, around 20 mostly South Asian women workers at a metal finishing plant in Burnsall, Smethwick, walked out on strike. They were demanding union recognition, equal pay and basic health and safety. The employer retaliated by sacking all of them. There were several disagreements between the union, GMB, and the strikers about the form and nature of the strike action, with the strikers increasingly resisting the union’s attempts to take control of the strike action. Though the women had had strong community support, the strike was eventually called off after a year by union officials, who decided it was unwinnable. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8492/burnsall-strike Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon . If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory . See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today Browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date Check out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.com Check out books, posters, clothing and more in our online store, here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History","meta_description":"On this day, 13 June 1992, around 20 mostly South Asian women workers at a metal finishing plant in Burnsall, Smethwick, walked out on strike. They were d…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":78,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530/episodes/13-june-1992-burnsall-strike/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530/13-june-1992-burnsall-strike.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}