A SPECIAL public meeting will be held next week ahead of the 50th anniversary of the famous Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS) work-in.
Clydebank’s Trades Union Council has organised the online gathering to commemorate the “remarkable working class victory” and debate the lessons it offers for today’s labour movement.
Speakers will include Mary Senior, president of the Scottish TUC, Clydebank resident, David Torrace, who was staff-side chair of the Fairfield Yard in Govan, and Professor John Foster, co-author of the book “The Politics of the UCS Work-In”.
The 1971-72 work-in stopped the government from closing the four Clyde yards they ultimately owned, including John Brown’s. They fought for the “right to work” and forced a U-turn in government policy at the time.