The UCS Work-in
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Thirty years ago (in 1971), Clydeside shipbuilders threatened with the sack made history when they took their future into their own hands and staged the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS) work-in.
THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF THE CLYDE * *
A unique exhibition celebrating the achievements of the Scottish Trade Union movement is moving from its home in the Mitchell Library. *
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Take me back to the CLYDE BUILT page please.
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Take me back to the INDEX page please.
Take me back
They didn't win the war as we saw this summer when Clydeside jobs were again under threat, but they won the battle and saved the jobs of 8500 workers.
It was an extraordinary campaign, and recently we had an anniversary celebration at the Pearce Institute, Govan, organised by the Scottish Socialist Party
with Jimmy Reid, who became the voice of the campaign, one of the speakers.
There was a performance of Frank Miller's play, Work-in, first performed at the Citizen's Theatre in May 2001, recalling his memories of the time when his father was one of those men who fought so proudly for the industry's future.
This series when completed, will record the various aspects of a definitive period in Scottish industrial relations.
The exhibit which commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Upper Clyde shipbuilders work-in is to move to the Elderpark Library in Govan.
The UCS work-in stands as one of the most famous in Scottish trade union history which saw workers from a consortium of five separate yards occupy the yards in a bid to secure their future.
