Power to the People

S1 E1

Power to the People — Season 1, Episode 4: Everybody Out!

Documentary30 min1 season, 6 episodes

Episode synopsis

In the 1960s union power had never been so great. While trade union leaders mixed with prime ministers, shop stewards controlled the shop floor as industrial relations reached boiling point. New factories, such as the Linwood plant near Paisley, found themselves at the heart of a struggle between management, politics and union power. Everyone would pay a heavy price.

About Power to the People

Douglas Henshall narrates this series looking back on Scotland's 100-year war for worker power.

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