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...
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leading Scottish trade unionist. While a shop steward, along with Sammy Gilmore, Sammy Barr and Jimmy Reid he was particularly remembered for his role as...
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Russell Barr (1914–2001), member of the Minnesota House of Representatives Sammy Barr (1931–2012), British shipyard worker and trade unionist This disambiguation...
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group of young shop stewards, including Jimmy Reid, Jimmy Airlie, Sammy Barr and Sammy Gilmore. Reid wanted to ensure the workers projected the best image...
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada 94 Win 78–9–4 (3) Sammy Barr KO 4 (?) 26/12/1979 Nassau, Bahamas 93 NC 77–9–4 (3) Sammy Barr NC 6 (?) 23/11/1979 Nassau, Bahamas 92...
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Engineering Workers, Reid, along with his colleagues Jimmy Airlie, Sammy Gilmore and Sammy Barr, decided that the best way to show the viability of keeping the...
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host (b. 1957) 2011 – Victor Nosach, Soviet historian (b. 1929) 2012 – Sammy Barr, Scottish trade union leader (b. 1931) 2012 – Ferenc Bartha, Hungarian...
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eventually becoming convenor of the yard. Gilmore joined Jimmy Reid, Sammy Barr, and Jimmy Airlie in planning and organising the campaign of industrial...
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Keenan 404 0.9 4 Edinburgh East Irene Swan 274 0.6 5 Glasgow Garscadden Sammy Barr 635 1.6 4 Glasgow Pollok Thomas Biggam 377 0.8 4 Glasgow Provan John Jackson...
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Conservative James Grant Rae 9,771 24.3 SNP Malcolm McRury 8,789 21.9 Communist Sammy Barr 635 1.6 Majority 11,264 28.0 Turnout 40,230 74.1 Labour win (new seat)...
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