They were at pains to ensure that the creditors of UCS were not threatened by the 'work-in'. Even the official liquidator, Robert Smith, praised the shop stewards for the 'responsible' way in which they mae acted From the start the UCS shop stewards and the STUC paraded the virtue f the Clydeside workers were 'moderate and hardworking' and prepared to do deals with any employer who could willise lu save Sonic ui the jobs.
Instead of insisting that responsibility for the accane shipyards rested totally on the world slump and the 'anarchy' of the capitalist system, they promised that the workers of UCS would work harder and forsake hard-won trade rights to save jobs.
Instead of insisting on the nationalisation of the yards without compensa tion to their former they negotiated with any profit-seeking, ware calling they could find Even the early stages of the fight in Linwood see these policie being put orward again The shop stewards are