Calling Them ‘Girls’ Was Their First Mistake. What Happened Next Is A Great Moment In Fierceness.

Sure, this is a clip from a movie set in a British auto plant in 1968, but the proper and dignified smackdown this woman gives her boss when he refuses to give her equal pay could still be a rallying cry for women or anybody who isn’t earning their fair share in 2013. From the…

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