The Observer

Reference
- GB 248 DC 65/62
Dates of Creation
- 19 Dec 1971
Physical Description
- 1 newspaper (40 pages)

Scope and Content

Contains article The truth about Upper Clyde by Arthur Goodman, based on study of productivity levels after 6 months in liquidation.

Archive Record|Table of contents

Collection of Hay and Woolfson Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ephemera collectionDC 065

UCS - the fight for the right to workDC 65/1

AgroDC 65/2

Press UpsDC 65/3

The struggle in Bengal and the Fourth InternationalDC 65/4

John Brown's Body: A brief synopsis of the origins and course of the UCS work-inDC 65/5

OzDC 65/6

The WordDC 65/7

SkelfDC 65/8

Glasgow NewsDC 65/9

Scottish TenantDC 65/10

Gorbals ViewDC 65/11

Rank and File, ScotlandDC 65/12

Red WeeklyDC 65/13

Red MoleDC 65/14

7 DaysDC 65/15

People's WorldDC 65/16

International TimesDC 65/17

InkDC 65/18

Irish CitizenDC 65/19

Workers PressDC 65/20

World MagazineDC 65/21

International Socialists' Student SpecialDC 65/22

Clyde ActionDC 65/23

Untitled typescript draft of bulletinDC 65/24

Typescript copy of essay titled Problems of EntrismDC 65/25

Typescript copy of essay titled The Problems of Stalinism in GlasgowDC 65/26

Typescript titled The NUS and the Soviet Union Workers' Democracy or Bureaucratic Dictatorship? An Open Letter to the NUS ExecutiveDC 65/27

Typescript titled An essay by Christina Paulson-Jones on her daughter's experiences in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, GlasgowDC 65/28

Typescript circular letter from Stuart Bothwick on the Upper Clyde Shipbuilding crisisDC 65/29

Papers concerning the Council of Academic Freedom and Democracy (CAFD), particularly its activities at the Universities of East Anglia and GlasgowDC 65/30

Parliamentary Reports concerning shipbuilding on the Upper ClydeDC 65/31

Press cuttings concerning the recession in the British shipbuilding industry - particularly with reference to UCSDC 65/32

Working notes for J Roy Hay and John MacLauchlan's interim bibliography of UCS emphemeraDC 65/33

Papers pertaining to various agreementsDC 65/34

Case study concerning industrial relations at the Scott Lithgow YardDC 65/35

Papers concerning the UCS Fighting FundDC 65/36

Glasgow NewsDC 65/37

Papers concerning the campaign against the Housing Finance (Scotland) Act 1972DC 65/38

Publicity material generated by the work-in campaign at UCSDC 65/39

Publicity material and records generated by the work-in campaign at UCSDC 65/40

Report of the official liquidator on UCS Ltd (In Liquidation) for the year ended 14 Jun 1972DC 65/41

UCS press releasesDC 65/42

UCS file of Joe BlackDC 65/43

Reports on the effectiveness of the work-in method of protest in resolving industrial disputes on the Upper ClydeDC 65/44

Labour Party and Scottish Nationalist Party reports on shipbuilding on the Upper ClydeDC 65/45

Papers regarding the effect of UCS on Babcock & Wilcox Ltd, DalmuirDC 65/46

Aims of IndustryDC 65/47

Magazine articles pertaining to UCSDC 65/48

Notes on press reportsDC 65/49

Institute of Workers' Control pamphlets concerning UCSDC 65/50

Press reports and publications on the work-in protest at UCSDC 65/51

Communist Party reports on the work-in at UCSDC 65/52

Reports and notes emanating from the Clydebank and District Christian Action Group and minutes of Clydebank Town Council pertaining to the UCS disputeDC 65/53

Photocopied extracts from the minutes of Clydebank Town Council and Glasgow Corporation pertaining to UCSDC 65/54

Papers relating to the UCS fight for the Right to Work campaignDC 65/55

Copy of Daily RecordDC 65/56

UCS Shop Steward BulletinsDC 65/57

StruggleDC 65/58

Red MoleDC 65/59

The Butchering of UCSDC 65/60

Scottish InternationalDC 65/61

The ObserverDC 65/62

The ObserverDC 65/63

The ObserverDC 65/64

74th Annual Report of Scottish Trades Union CongressDC 65/65

Report of General Council in 75th Annual Report of Scottish Trades Union CongressDC 65/66

Press cuttingsDC 65/67

Press cuttings concerning the disposal of John Brown & Co's archivesDC 65/68

CommunistDC 65/69

UCS - the fight for the right to workDC 65/70

Shipbuilding on the Upper ClydeDC 65/71

Statement by the directors of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd of their intent to make application to the Court for the appointment of a provisional liquidatorDC 65/72

Glasgow University GuardianDC 65/73

Scottish Catholic ObserverDC 65/74

The Complaint of Scotland, article by Kenneth J W AlexanderDC 65/75

Crisis on the Clyde, article by Andrew Hargrave,DC 65/76

SkelfDC 65/77

The WordDC 65/78

The Marxist-HumanistDC 65/79

Scottish Coal Mining, Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Industries in the 1970s - A report on employment prospects by R A Robertson,DC 65/80

Workers PressDC 65/81

Keep LeftDC 65/82

Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs JournalDC 65/83

InkDC 65/84

Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs JournalDC 65/85

Glasgow NewsDC 65/86

InkDC 65/87

InkDC 65/88

Accountancy AgeDC 65/89

First draft of UCS master catalogue and chronology of events in the UCS disputeDC 65/90

Business ObserverDC 65/91

Press cuttings concerning the liquidation of UCS and the beginning of the work-inDC 65/92

Press releases by the Scottish Liberals regarding UCSDC 65/93

Press cuttings concerning the UCS work-in campaign, demonstrations and the fighting fundDC 65/94

Press cuttings concerning the UCS work-in campaign; the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) Inquiry; and redundancies in the yardsDC 65/95

Press cuttings concerning the UCS work-in campaign and talks over the proposed Govan Shipbuilding Ltd companyDC 65/96

Press cuttings relating to the British Shipbuilding Industry, particularly to Upper Clyde, but also covering Court Line Ltd, Swan Hunter, Marathon Oil, Lloyd's Register and Japanese shipbuildingDC 65/97

Free MinerDC 65/98

People's WorldDC 65/99

StruggleDC 65/100

StruggleDC 65/101

The Upper Clyde Crisis: Why it happened - and what Aims of Industry said beforeDC 65/102

Poster titled UCS Needs YouDC 65/103

Great Newspapers ReprintedDC 65/104

Typescript of an article in The London Times by Frank Vogl of FrankfurtDC 65/105

Comments submitted to the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) Committee of Inquiry into the UCS crisis by J B Grant of the Department of Social Administration and Social Work, University of GlasgowDC 65/106

Papers concerning the events that led up to the collapse of UCS and its aftermath, with a chronology of the main eventsDC 65/107

Upper Clyde News Special IssueDC 65/108

Morning StarDC 65/109

Papers relating to J Roy Hay's application for grant aid for his UCS ProjectDC 65/110

Correspondence of the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) Committee of Inquiry into proposed run-down of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, concerning evidence given to the Committee by Edward Taylor, MPDC 65/111

Unemployment: Urgent Concern for Social ImplicationsDC 65/112

Papers relating to the work-in and other events at UCS; the Oral History of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders; printed and published material relating to the work-in, and includes the Scottish Business School Project Report on UCSDC 65/113

Estimated statement of affairs of Scottish News Enterprises Ltd (In Liquidation)DC 65/114

Reports and correspondence relating to shipbuilding on the Upper ClydeDC 65/115

Reports relating to the West Central Scotland economy, compiled by John R Firn and G C CameronDC 65/116

Correspondence and press cuttings relating to the financial plight of UCS and plans for reconstructionDC 65/117

Letter to Ian Smith, shipwright, from the Divisional Personnel Manager of UCS, withdrawing his guarantee of no redundancy because of Smith's involvement in an unofficial strikeDC 65/118

Poster titled Clydebank Division ASTMS Staff Sink or Swim with UCSDC 65/119

UCS Shop Steward's notebookDC 65/120

UCS Employment CharterDC 65/121

Posters and cartoons relating to UCSDC 65/122

Press cuttings relating to Marathon Oil and the end of the UCS work-inDC 65/123

Red MoleDC 65/124

Photocopy of the grant of arms to the Burgh of Clydebank and two pamphlets relating to the town's historyDC 65/125

Scottish Daily Express article on Scottish shipbuildersDC 65/126

Pamphlet titled An interim productivity agreement between the Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths & Structural Workers and UCS LtdDC 65/127

Scottish Daily Express article on warshipsDC 65/128

Poster titled The Great Northern Welly Boot Show, with Tom Buchan and Billy ConnollyDC 65/129

University of Edinburgh conference programmeDC 65/130

Questionnaire for Glasgow General Strike ProjectDC 65/131

Glasgow Herald article on UnionsDC 65/132

Correspondence between J Roy Hay and Professor T C Smout regarding Hay's paper on the oral history of UCSDC 65/133

Correspondence between J Roy Hay and Professor K J W Alexander, Scottish Business School, regarding Hay and MacLauchlan's interim bibliography on the UCS work-inDC 65/134

File marked 'Roy Hay' contains entire typescript of the study Redundancy & UCS LtdDC 65/135

Papers relating to the Save UCS appeal and flag dayDC 65/136

StruggleDC 65/137

The WordDC 65/138

Workers ControlDC 65/139

Mounted photographs of cartoons by Stevie ConnoyDC 65/140

Correspondence concerning collections of UCS materialDC 65/141

Strip of 'Save UCS' stickersDC 65/142

Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) interim and final reports of Committee of Inquiry into the proposed run-down of UCSDC 65/143

File containing various Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) reportsDC 65/144

STUC Reports of proceedings of public inquiry into loss of shipbuilding on ClydeDC 65/145

Recorded interviews with people involved with UCS work-inDC 65/146

Publications concerning UCS work-inDC 65/147

Interview transcriptsDC 65/148

UCS work-in posters and outsized ephemeraDC 65/149