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Samuel Alexander "Sammy" Barr was a British shipyard worker, Trade Unionist, and Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS) work-in veteran. Barr was an "inspiring speaker"〔 and organiser who was a "widely respected shop steward"〔 of the Boilermakers' Society at the time of the "historic work-in"〔 at the UCS in 1971.〔 Barr was credited with coming up with the idea for a work-in, which gained a lot of publicity and forced the UK Government into a reversal, saving 6,000 jobs at the shipyard.〔〔〔 Barr was a lifelong friend to fellow UCS activists Jimmy Airlie and Sammy Gilmore.〔 Throughout his life he displayed "considerable political commitment"〔 to the right to work, and protection for the rights of young working people, and also particularly to the protection of the Clyde shipyards.〔 Richard Leonard writes that "he was unquestionably one of the outstanding trade unionists of his generation, which was a generation of outstanding trade unionists". ==Life== Born in 1931, in Glasow.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/sammy-barr-1931-2012-shop-steward-and-key-figure-in-the-upper-clyde-shipbuilders-1971-work-in/ )〕 At the age of 15, Barr joined Charles Connell and Company in Scotstoun as an apprentice welder.〔 He remained in the shipbuilding industry for his entire working life.〔 Barr married Janet, had five children, and at the time of his death was a grandfather and great-grandfather.〔 As well as his involvement in politics and the trade unions, Barr is known to have written variously during his lifetime for journals such as Labour Monthly, the Daily Worker and the Morning Star.〔 Barr died in 2012, at the age of 80,〔 after a short battle with lung cancer. 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「Sammy Barr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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