Jimmy Airlie
Jimmy Airlie (1936–1997) was a leading Scottish trade unionist. While a shop steward ,along with Jimmy Reid a leader of, particularly remembered for his role in, the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in.[1]
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).[2] This was the first time a communist had been elected to the AEU's national executive since the early 1970s.[3]
External links
- Obituary from The Independent
- Glasgow Caledonian University resources on the UCS strike
References
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