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2 reasons Glasgow shipyards were at unrest
1915 Munitions of war act
Influx of workers to sustain production
Glasgow shipyards were essesntial for
war effort
Coz of unrest
Landlords took advantage and upped rent
Combating rebt upping
Mary Barbour forms Women’s housing association
Tenant committees to combat evictions
Spread through cities + eventually shipbuilders go on strike im sympathy
Events of glasgow rebt strike
1915
Led by Glasgow women’s housing assocation + spread
→ protesters known as Barbours army
1915 Gov passes Rents + mortgage interest restrictions act
→ limited rebt + mortgage to pre-war levels
(passed coz Maxton threatened a general strike)