PRIDE OF THE CLYDE
Daily Record|January 29, 2024
Shipbuilders union hero Davie Cooper dies at 84
KEVIN MAGUIRE
PRIDE OF THE CLYDE

TRADE unionist Davie Cooper, a leader of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in that defeated Ted Heath's 1971 government, has died aged 84.

A union convenor at the Govan yard and avowed Communist, Cooper was a powerful figure behind the scenes when the limelight fell on the likes of Jimmy Reid and Sammy Gilmore.

Saving the 8000 shipbuilders' jobs by forcing Conservative Heath into a U-turn was one of the labour movement's most momentous victories.

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