Jimmy Reid

Who was Jimmy Reid?

James "Jimmy" Reid was a Scottish trade union activist, orator, politician, and journalist born in Govan, Glasgow. His role as spokesman and one of the leaders in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-in between June 1971 and October 1972 attracted international recognition. He later served as Rector of the University of Glasgow and subsequently became a journalist and broadcaster. Formerly a communist and a Labour Party member, Reid joined the Scottish National Party and fully supported independence. He died in 2010 after a long illness.