Английская Википедия:Bill Sirs
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English 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.[1]
Bill Sirs was born and raised in Hartlepool, one of 10 children.[1] He left school at 14 and became a crane operator in the iron and steel industry, becoming active in forerunners of the ISTC. He remained in north-east England until he moved south with his two children and his wife Joan.[2]
Sirs is best remembered for his involvement in the steelworkers' strike of 1980.[3] During the action, Sirs came into conflict with Ian MacGregor, the man appointed by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to slim down British Steel Corporation, then a nationalised industry. Sirs was quoted as saying, "We are being looked upon as the worst producing steel nation in Europe".[4]
Sirs subsequently incurred the wrath of other trade unionists by his intervention in the miners' strike of 1984.[5]
Sirs was a member of the St Ermin's group, an organised group of right-wing trade unionists meeting at the St Ermin's Hotel with the aim of preventing the Bennite left taking over the Labour Party.[6]
Works
- Hard Labour. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985.
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