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The sitin at upper clyde shipbuilders in 1971 had a galvanizing effect on the left, pitting the scottish unions against edward heaths tory government elected a year earlier. Rather than follow traditional industrial action protocol and hold a strike, the shipbuilders instead started a workin, stating that they would complete all the orders that the shipyards had in place. This is the first campaign of its kind in trade unionism, declared jimmy reid, who became the face of the ucs workin, to ucs workers and the media as the shop stewards locked the gates to the upper clyde shipbuilders shipyard on friday, 30 july 1971. One option consistently voiced by workers in many workins or sitins was the. Upper clyde shipbuilders dispute 197172 socialist party. The workin was designed to show that they still had jobs on their order books to complete, that all the workers were still willing to work, and that they also. Jimmy reid, stalinist union leader who betrayed scottish shipyard. As the late ken coates in his book workins, sitins and industrial democracy.

In june 1971 the lossmaking upper clyde shipbuilders went into receivership. New book tells the story of the best mp scotland never had. But rather than a strike or a sitin, the leaders of the unions at ucs instead. The workers of the upper clyde were not willing to let this happen, and, rather than strike or stage a sitin, they decided to have a workin. Timeline entry for 1971 when the upper clyde shipbuilders went into receivership and the then conservative government refused it a. Red clydeside was a phrase that had found its way back into politics. The 1971 upper clyde shipbuilders marketisation of higher. Discover the industrial history of the river clyde with clyde waterfront heritage. Figureheads of 1971 upper clyde shipbuilders workin back yes vote in open letter. When the river clyde once dominated shipbuilding view gallery at one point in the early 1900s a fifth of all ships in the world were made on the river clyde in glasgow. When the river clyde once dominated shipbuilding daily record. Research collections glasgow caledonian university. John browns shipyard at clydebank, fairfield shipyard at govan and dennys at dumbarton. That led to a work in campaign at the companys shipyards, involving shop stewards jimmy airlie and jimmy reid, among others.

Read about shipbuilding on the clyde with clyde waterfront heritage. Wcml upper clyde shipbuilders 200 years of working. It built many notable and worldfamous ships including rms lusitania, hms hood, hms repulse, rms queen mary, rms queen elizabeth and the queen elizabeth 2 at its height, from 1900 to the 1950s, it was one of the most highly regarded, and internationally famous, shipbuilding companies in the world. Everything you need to know about clyde shipbuilding todays streamlined industry is no match for its historic predecessor but the old shipbuilding tradition and pride of the clyde live on. Sammy gilmore was the outspoken and highly respected convener of shop stewards for the upper clyde shipbuilders ucs in govan. Jimmy reid, who as a glasgow union leader led a workin to resist the closure of the clyde shipyards, died last night aged 78 after a long illness. A centre for shipbuilding for hundreds of years, famous glasgow shipyards include. John brown and company of clydebank was a scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding firm. Jimmy reid, the leader of the famous 1971 workin at upper clyde. Everything you need to know about clyde shipbuilding the. Upper clyde shipbuilders ucs was a scottish shipbuilding consortium, created in 1968 as a. Upper clyde shipbuilders ucs was a scottish shipbuilding consortium, created in 1968 as a result of the amalgamation of five major shipbuilders of the river clyde. Aug 11, 2010 jimmy reid, who as a glasgow union leader led a work in to resist the closure of the clyde shipyards, died last night aged 78 after a long illness. Sammy gilmore 8 october 1939 8 october 2011 was a shipyard electrician and trade union organiser known for being one of the leaders of the upper clyde shipbuilders 1972 workin.

Timeline entry for 1971 when the upper clyde shipbuilders went into. In 1974 reid stood and failed to win a seat as cpgb candidate for parliament. Upper clyde shipbuilders dispute 197172 40 years later. Oct 15, 2012 upper clyde shipbuilders dispute 197172 40 years later. Strategy and lessons for todays struggles keith dickinson part 1. Socialist party upper clyde shipbuilders dispute 197172. It entered liquidation, with much controversy, in 1971. After failing to win a westminster seat reid switched to journalism. When the river clyde once dominated shipbuilding daily.