Debbie Field (left) was one of five women who fought discrimination as part of the “Women Back into Stelco” Committee. In 1978-79, the ad hoc Women Back Into Stelco Committee, supported by United Steelworkers Local 1005, launched a campaign to force Stelco management to hire women for the well-paying production jobs at the Hilton works in Hamilton Ontario.
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