Records of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Shop Stewards Committee, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland 1971-1972

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Records of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Shop Stewards Committee, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland 1971-1972

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SNAC Resource ID: 6296899

Glasgow University Archive Service

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In 1968, the Labour government pronounced that Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd was to be responsible for shipbuilding in the Glasgow area. This decision resulted mainly from the findings of the Geddes Report on British shipbuilding. The report led the UK government to force the merger of the five existing shipbuilding companies from Clydebank to Govan, into one, which was to be known as the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd. The five yards merged were: John Brown & Co (Clydebank) Ltd in...