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William Sirs (6 January 1920 – 16 June 2015) was a British trade unionist, who served as general secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC) from 1975 to 1985.〔(Obituary in ''Daily Telegraph'' )〕 Bill Sirs was born and raised in Hartlepool, one of 10 children.〔 He left school at 14 and became a crane operator in the iron and steel industry, becoming active in the forerunners to the ISTC. He remained in north-east England until he moved south with his two children and his wife Joan.〔(William (Bill) Sirs: Obituary )〕 Sirs is best remembered for his involvement in the steelworkers' strike of 1980.〔( Ian Donovan, "Strategic confrontation in the making", Weekly Worker 519 Thursday 11 March 2004 )〕 During the action Sirs came into conflict with Ian MacGregor, the man appointed by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to slim down British Steel, then a nationalised industry. Sirs was quoted as saying, "We are being looked upon as the worst producing steel nation in Europe".〔(BBC On This Day, 2 January 1980 ).〕 Sirs subsequently incurred the wrath of other trade unionists by his intervention in the miners' strike of 1984.〔("Enter Bill Sirs, kneeling" ), ''Tribune'', 6 July 1984〕 ==Works== * ''Hard Labour''. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Sirs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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