Wednesday, August 07, 2013

1937: The Clydeside apprentices’ strike

Another page in the Scottish workers history can be read here on the Libcom website.

http://libcom.org/history/articles/clydeside-apprentices-strike-1937

The 1937 apprentices strike transformed the status of apprentices from separate individuals with practically no employment rights, to unionised workers. The apprentices were not forced back to work on the employers’ terms; they succeeded in forcing major concessions on earnings and trade union rights from the employers.

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