We Were the Ones Really Doing Something About It
Gender and Mobilisation against Factory Closure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2374287 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margaret Robertson (0000-0001-5447-9844, Retired, Scotland), Margaret J Robertson (0000-0001-7678-8162), Andrew Clark (0000-0002-2983-4469, Newcastle University, corresponding author), Andy Clark (0000-0002-1233-8629) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 336-344 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Employment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0950017018785861 |
| OpenAlex | W2890794117 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
Current understandings of worker mobilisation against factory closure and capital migration in Britain are dominated by the perspectives of male industrial workers. The narratives of displaced miners, shipbuilders and steel workers are prominent in the historiography and collective memories of deindustrialisation. There is considerably less understanding of the response of female manufacturing workers to these processes and the ways in which women mobilised in opposition to the free movement of capital. This article presents the testimony of Margaret Robertson, shop steward at the Lee Jeans factory in Greenock, Scotland, where the predominantly female workforce conducted a successful seven-month occupation in opposition to proposed closure beginning in February 1981. The contribution highlights the specific gendered challenges encountered by women workers. The occupation occurred in a period of accelerated factory closure in Britain, yet supporting female unionists resisting job loss was not a priority for the male-dominated union executive
Ancient history · Art · Capital (architecture · Closure (psychology · Factory (object-oriented programming · Historiography · Narrative · Opposition (politics · Political science · Sociology · Workforce · Gender Studies · History · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |