UCS: The Fight for the Right to Work.

The author was Secretary of the CPGB's Scottish Committee.

19, [1] pages.

Paper wrapper with minimal age-toning. Internally clean.

Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS) was a Scottish shipbuilding consortium, created in 1968 as a result of the amalgamation of five major shipbuilders on the River Clyde. It entered liquidation, with much controversy, in 1971. That led to a "work-in" occupation and campaign at the company's shipyards. In June 1971, the loss-making Upper Clyde Shipbuilders went into receivership. After the company's collapse, unions representing the workers in the shipyard decided to have a "work-in", rather than go on strike, and complete the orders that the shipyards had in place. It was argued this would dispel the idea of the workers being 'work-shy' (as claimed by the employers) and also illustrate the long-term viability of the yards and promote the idea of the right to work. The work-in was led by a group of young shop stewards, including members of the Communist Party of Great Britain. This pamphlet was produced at the height of the mobilisation for the campaign to save the UCS.

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