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Form of direct action in which workers continue working without pay

A work in is a form of direct action under which workers whose jobs are under threat resolve to remain in their place of employment and to continue producing, without pay. Their intention is usually to show that their place of work still has long term viability or that it can be effectively self managed by the workers.

In June 1971, Upper Clyde Shipbuilders in Scotland entered liquidation after the Heath government refused to provide further subsidies to save them form closure. It was announced that two of the firm's three shipyards would close and 1400 people were immediately made redundant. On 18 August, a mass demonstration in support of the workers was held in Glasgow, with 80,000 people marching from Glasgow Green to George Square. with the government committing in February 1972 to supporting UCS with a further £35m of state funding.

Harco Steel, a steel manufacturing company based in Campbelltown, Sydney, was dependent on state and federal government contracts, laying off workers once they had been completed and rehiring them as new ones were signed. meaning strikes would have no effect on the firm's profit in the short term. On 16 November 1971, the firm dismissed five boilermakers and one ironworker due to a downturn in orders. With past strikes having been generally ineffective, workers met and, taking inspiration from the UCS work in and factory occupations by French car makers during May 1968, decided to occupy the steelworks. with Harco issuing trespass notices to the workers ordering them to leave. At a meeting between workers and the firm's directors in June 1973, a worker grabbed a briefcase from one of the directors and ran off with it. The briefcase's contents laid out the closure of all of LIP's divisions except watchmaking, which was to be sold to a Swiss company, Ébauches SA. The Swiss company planned to lay off at least 960 of LIP's 1427 employees. During this time, they seized 65,000 watches (30,000 of which were smuggled out of the factory and hidden across Besançon) and attempted to set up a self management system under the slogan "We produce, we sell, we pay ourselves". On 18 June, workers endorsed the idea of restarting production, with leading shop steward Charles Piaget using the UCS work in as an example. Different working processes were created with slower paces and more frequent rotations in the most tiring jobs; 25,000 watches were made during the work in. Despite an August 1973 finding 63% of French adults to be sympathetic to the cause of the LIP workers, the national political landscape was not favourable. Prime Minister Pierre Messmer sent 3,000 state police with orders to reclaim the factory and end the occupation. The factory was taken by police on 14 August and the work in was ended. An agreement was eventually reached between workers and management, with Charles Neuschwander, a left wing employer, taking over and pledging to employ all remaining workers as part of a new enterprise called SEHEM.