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*[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jimmy-airlie-1272254.html obituary] from ''The Independent'' |
*[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jimmy-airlie-1272254.html obituary] from ''The Independent'' |
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Revision as of 19:07, 9 September 2010
Jimmy Airlie (1936–1997) was a leading Scottish trade unionist. Along with Jimmy Reid, he was a leader of, particularly remembered for his role in, the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in.
A former fitter at Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, Airlie was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and was elected to the national executive of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU).[1] This was the first time a communist had been elected to the AEU's national executive since the early 1970s.[2]
External links
- obituary from The Independent
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