Trade union legend looks back 25 years after Govan shipyard saved
Jamie Webster travelled all over Scotland getting thousands of signatures on a petition to save 1,200 jobs.
Clyde shipyard legend Jamie Webster is looking back on a huge campaign to stop shipbuilding from disappearing from Govan altogether 25 years ago.
When then owners Kvaerner announced they were pulling out, he rallied workers and travelled up and down the country to save the workforce.
He told Greatest Hits Radio: "I spent my whole working life in that shipyard, I've been in some scary situations and I've never regretted any of it.
"I loved the industry and the people.
"We fought hard for so long and there were times when I thought we would lose.
"One night I said to my late wife 'I might have to go and tell the workers we've lost this' and she turned around and said 'If you say that, the campaign will collapse and I need your housekeeping money' - that stopped me in my tracks."
Jamie and his union members toured around Scotland and gathered 80,000 signatures on a petition to save the jobs.
Former MP for Govan, Mohammad Sarwar, fought tirelessly with the workers and asked the then Prime Minister Tony Blair in the House of Commons what he would do to help.
Jamie added: "I have total respect for the way he supported us and so did the workforce, Clyde workers do not give that respect so easily.
"He challenged Tony Blair to stand up and show support for the workers.
"If looks could have killed, Sarwar was a dead man because he drew him an absolute stinker."