A RECEPTION was held in Glasgow to mark the 50th anniversary of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders' 'work-in'.
The city's Lord Provost, Phillip Braat hosted the event at Glasgow City Chambers.
It commemorated the actions of Glaswegian shipyard workers, who staged a 'work-in' after the government threatened to close the yard and make the workers redundant in 1971.
Refusing to stop working, they managed and operated the shipyard, eventually forcing the government to change its policy.
The demonstration got international attention with John Lennon and Yoko Ono sending £1,000 and 100 red roses in support.
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Jimmy Cloughley, a former member of the UCS co-ordinating committee said on behalf of the veterans: “This event is not one born out of nostalgia but a reminder that we have to keep alive the struggle to maintain employment for our young people.”
Unite Scottish Secretary Pat Rafferty said: “The UCS work-in in the 1970’s is a powerful reminder that the struggles faced by workers then to keep their jobs and keep industries open, are the same ones workers are having today fifty years on.
"The collective action and the decision to occupy the yard taken by those workers ultimately saved their jobs and saved the shipbuilding industry on the Clyde, and to them we will be forever grateful.”
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