'Before the strike we cried all the time because we felt so sorry for our men working under inhuman conditions, and we were upset about the effect on our family lives. We all thought it was our own individual partner and our own individual family. We had no idea that it was such a common factor.
'WOW won't go away now we realise what's going on. They could offer us £100,000 and we wouldn't take it. What we want is the jobs back for our families and for future generations. And we will not accept that our husbands and partners work under those inhuman conditions again.
'It was difficult for the men. They didn't seem able to acknowledge that they were suffering from stress-related illnesses. They see themselves as responsible for their families - the breadwinners - and can't walk away from the jobs. But the more it went on, the worse it got.
'WOW should now get in touch with the wives and partners of workers in other companies, like Fords and Vauxhalls and get them involved. Nothing can stop us now.'
