Fighting deindustrialisation : Scottish women's factory occupations, 1981-1982 /: Scottish women's factory occupations, 1981-1982. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andy Clark.
• Authors: Clark, Andy
• Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction: 'Not our jobs to sell' Chapter 1: 'No way could ye get another job': The development of deindustrialisation studies Chapter 2: 'Why the hell are ye takin' the job aff me?' Theorising Collective Action Chapter 3: 'Ah mean, the young anes don't know wit a factory is': Scotland's economy and women's working lives in the twentieth-century Chapter 4: 'Wait a minute, wit have we actually just said here?' The Lee Jeans Occupation Chapter 5: 'We were frightened it wis aw' gonnae go abroad and we'd be oot the factory': The Lovable Occupation Chapter 6: 'We felt like criminals! And we wurnae, we were just fightin' for wur job': The Plessey Capacitors Occupation Chapter 7: 'It wisnae as if we're sittin' there wi' nae work': Injustice, solidarity, and the mobilisation of the workers Chapter 8: 'There is nothing there for us and nothing for the future. We are going to battle – we are not moving': Deindustrial Contexts Chapter 9: 'Ye never think that somebody's gonnae come along and ask ye questions aboot it': The turn to memory Conclusion: 'Ah'm part ae that wee bit of history' Appendix A: Interviewee Details Bibliography.
• Publisher Details: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 331.4780941109048; Women employees -- Labor unions -- Scotland -- History -- 20th century; Factory system -- Scotland -- History -- 20th century; Women in the labor movement -- Scotland -- History -- 20th century; Deindustrialization -- Social aspects -- Scotland
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781837649501
• Related ISBNs: 9781802077117; 9781802077124
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