Fighting Deindustrialisation: Scottish Women's Factory Occupations, 1981-1982

by Andy Clark

In Fighting Deindustrialisation, Andy Clark outlines and examines one of the most significant and under-researched periods in modern Scottish labour history. Over a fourteen month period in 1981 and 1982, as Scotland suffered the effects of the accelerated deindustrialisation of its economy, three workforces refused to accept the loss of their jobs. The predominantly women assembly workers at Lee Jeans (Greenock), Lovable Bra (Cumbernauld),...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 180207712X
• ISBN13: 9781802077124
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 264 Pages