We had to put all of these things in, because you weren\u2019t going to give up, and obviously it was testing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When asked if she knew of any other similar disputes, Lee\u2019s worker Bridie said \u2018No. Never heard anything at all about any other occupations<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andy: So when you started the sit-in at Lee\u2019s, had ye heard ae anything like that being done before?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Helen: No. Only thing I knew was, and I didn\u2019t, I was a bit younger then, don\u2019t suppose I paid attention\u2026 was the Upper Clyde [shipbuilders], mind their, theirs wis a work-in. Aye, theirs. I mean, that was all<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Betty Wallace: No. No, we just thought we were the first, you know, apart from Jimmy Reid (UCS leader), ye know\u2026 he wis the first one I think that had did the sit-ins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Agnes Quinn: Nope. Nut, the only thing that I ever knew, eh, growin\u2019 up, wis like the miners\u2019 strike, that\u2019s really all I can remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Irene Steel: I think some other sewin\u2019 place done one, didn\u2019t they? I don\u2019t know if that was after us or before us. Think it wis down in England some place\u2026 I think there wis a kinda sit-in, the same kinda idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We had to put all of these things in, because you weren\u2019t going to give up, and obviously it was testing them. When asked if she knew of any other similar disputes, Lee\u2019s worker Bridie said \u2018No. Never heard anything … Continue reading