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Episode 4

Episode 4 of 6

A look back at Scotland's 100-year war for worker power. New factories find themselves at the heart of a struggle between management, politics and union power.

In the 1960s union power had never been so great. While trade union leaders mixed with prime ministers, shop stewards controlled the shop floor as industrial relations reached boiling point. New factories, such as the Linwood plant near Paisley, found themselves at the heart of a struggle between management, politics and union power. Everyone would pay a heavy price.

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