THE dedication of those who took part in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in has been honoured ahead of the 50th anniversary. Martin Docherty-Hughes MP has tabled a motion in the House of Commons marking the upcoming anniversary of the 1971-1972 work-in. The parliamentary motion recalls the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS) industrial action taken in response to the then Conservative UK Government s attempts to force closure on five Clydeside shipyards, including John Brown s in Clydebank. Rather than downing tools in strike action as was traditionally done, shop stewards at the yards - including the late Jimmy Reid - took the unprecedented measure of organising a work-in.