John Sime
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John Sime
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John Sime was a Scottish trade union leader. In 1906, Sime was the founding president of the Dundee and District Union of Jute and Flax Workers. Two years later, he became its general secretary, and for many years the union thrived. It became increasingly hostile to the rival Dundee and District Mill and Factory Operatives' Union, which was opposed to strikes, and by 1919, it was the dominant union in the city, with 20,000 members. In 1923, Sime led a strike at the Camperdown Works; although the
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Scottish trade union leader
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