VIDEO: Building a Strike from Scratch - The Clydebank Singers Factory Strike 1911

Part of the Scottish Morning Star "Our Class, Our Culture" series of Scotland-wide events.
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Dr Chik Collins takes us through the fascinating history of ordinary working class people in Clydebank organising themselves.
The Singers Factory was a huge employer of local people. They were world renown for their famous sewing machines. But at the turn of last century they treated their workers in an appauling fashion.
How did these workers organise themselves from a position where so few were unionised? What can we learn today from their heroic example?