Radio Blue Heart is on the air!
workingclasshistory: “On this day, 5 February 1981, the 240 mostly women workers at the Lee Jeans factory in Greenock, Scotland, occupied their workplace upon learning that it was due to be closed and production moved elsewhere. They barricaded the...

workingclasshistory:

On this day, 5 February 1981, the 240 mostly women workers at the Lee Jeans factory in Greenock, Scotland, occupied their workplace upon learning that it was due to be closed and production moved elsewhere.
They barricaded the doors with chairs, and two of them climbed onto the roof and down a drainpipe to buy 240 portions of fish and chips and Irn Bru.
They kept up the occupation for seven months, when management caved and agreed to a buyout, giving the jobs back to all 140 workers still occupying the plant.
This February we have far too many anniversaries post them here. For all of them each day, follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wrkclasshistory https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1342181152633698/?type=3

Reblogged 3 years ago from workingclasshistory
290 notes
  1. mrbrojangles reblogged this from robotsandfrippary
  2. iusnaufragii reblogged this from workingclasshistory
  3. criticaltrinket reblogged this from wolphfeather
  4. dragonsareimagining reblogged this from deathcomes4u
  5. theropodtheroblogs reblogged this from deathcomes4u
  6. deathcomes4u reblogged this from robotsandfrippary
  7. twilightfreefaller reblogged this from robotsandfrippary
  8. blackdragongal reblogged this from robotsandfrippary
  9. unmecha reblogged this from robotsandfrippary
  10. huyosumi reblogged this from bluewolfstudios
  11. bluewolfstudios reblogged this from robotsandfrippary
  12. strangelock221b reblogged this from navigatorwrongway
  13. ecology-and-revolution reblogged this from sunken-standard
  14. navigatorwrongway reblogged this from sunken-standard
  15. sunken-standard reblogged this from workingclasshistory
  16. workingclasshistory posted this