Glasgow rent strikes

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)